Evaluation of tuberculosis screening of immigrants in the Netherlands

TABLE 1

Results of chest radiograph screening of immigrants (excluding asylum seekers) in the Netherlands, 2005–2010

	Screened n	TB detected n	TB prevalence per 100 000 (95% CI)
Age years
0–14	11 020	3	27 (5–80)
15–34	85 352	86	101 (81–124)
35–64	20 406	18	88 (52–139)
≥65	611	1	164 (2–911)
Sex
Male	52 866	46	87 (64–116)
Female	64 135	62	97 (73–121)
Unknown	388	0
TB incidence in country of origin per 100 000^#
<50	31 218	7	22 (9–46)
50–99	30 019	18	60 (36–94)
100–199	32 407	48	148 (109–196)
≥200	21 740	35	161 (112–224)
Unknown	2005	0
Total	117 389	108	92 (75–109)
Top five immigration countries
China	14 949	11	73 (37–132)
Turkey	13 347	4	30 (8–77)
India	9310	5	53 (17–125)
Morocco	7425	6	80 (30–176)
Indonesia	5888	19	322 (194–504)