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) |
#: according to the World Health Organization in 2008.