Table 2–
Incidence of tuberculosis (TB) index cases in the native and foreign-born population in the Netherlands, 1995–2005
| Index cases n | Person-yrs ×100000 | TB rate per 100000 | Crude rate ratio | 95% CI | Adjusted rate ratio | 95% CI |
Native | | | | | | | |
Year | | | | | | | |
1995 | 170 | 142 | 1.2 | 0.94 | 0.93–0.96 | 0.94 | 0.92–0.95 |
| | | | per year | | | |
2005 | 91 | 147 | 0.6 | | | | |
Sex | | | | | | | |
Male | 865 | 787 | 1.1 | 1.73 | 1.55–1.93 | 2.12 | 1.90–2.37 |
Female | 511 | 803 | 0.6 | 1 | | 1 | |
Age group yrs | | | | | | | |
<15 | 22 | 312 | 0.1 | 0.13 | 0.08–0.19 | 0.13 | 0.08–0.20 |
15–24 | 108 | 192 | 0.6 | 1 | | 1 | |
25–34 | 137 | 230 | 0.6 | 1.06 | 0.82–1.37 | 1.05 | 0.81–1.35 |
35–44 | 153 | 242 | 0.6 | 1.12 | 0.88–1.44 | 1.13 | 0.89–1.45 |
45–54 | 136 | 222 | 0.6 | 1.09 | 0.85–1.40 | 1.10 | 0.85–1.42 |
55–64 | 143 | 167 | 0.9 | 1.52 | 1.19–1.96 | 1.57 | 1.23–2.02 |
65–74 | 209 | 125 | 1.7 | 2.98 | 2.37–3.77 | 3.11 | 2.47–3.93 |
≥75 | 468 | 100 | 4.7 | 8.33 | 6.79–10.32 | 9.52 | 7.75–11.80 |
Total | 1376 | 1590 | 0.9 | | | | |
Foreign born | | | | | | | |
Year | | | | | | | |
1995 | 250 | 13 | 19.6 | 0.98 | 0.97–0.99 | 0.98 | 0.97–1.00 |
| | | | per year | | | |
2005 | 222 | 16 | 13.8 | | | | |
Sex | | | | | | | |
Male | 1748 | 79 | 22.2 | 1.68 | 1.56–1.81 | 1.69 | 1.57–1.83 |
Female | 1074 | 81 | 13.2 | 1 | | 1 | |
Age group yrs | | | | | | | |
<15 | 72 | 12 | 6.2 | 0.19 | 0.15–0.24 | 0.19 | 0.14–0.24 |
15–24 | 680 | 21 | 32.7 | 1 | | 1 | |
25–34 | 957 | 38 | 24.9 | 0.76 | 0.69–0.84 | 0.76 | 0.69–0.84 |
35–44 | 481 | 35 | 13.7 | 0.42 | 0.37–0.47 | 0.42 | 0.37–0.47 |
45–54 | 250 | 25 | 10.0 | 0.31 | 0.26–0.35 | 0.31 | 0.26–0.35 |
55–64 | 168 | 16 | 10.8 | 0.33 | 0.28–0.39 | 0.32 | 0.27–0.38 |
65–74 | 132 | 8 | 16.3 | 0.50 | 0.41–0.60 | 0.51 | 0.42–0.62 |
≥75 | 82 | 6 | 14.4 | 0.44 | 0.35–0.55 | 0.50 | 0.39–0.62 |
Total | 2822 | 160 | 17.6 | | | | |