Table 1 Characteristics of TB cases at Nanshan District, Shenzhen City, 2011–2016.

From: Times series analysis of age-specific tuberculosis at a rapid developing region in China, 2011–2016

 

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

total

Proportion (%)

All TB

1095

915

866

867

939

815

5497

100

Age, years

0–14

2

0

3

2

2

3

12

0.2

15–24

345

308

264

246

236

196

1595

29.0

25–34

391

350

324

300

365

298

2028

36.9

35–44

174

140

131

128

136

114

823

15.0

45–54

85

58

71

98

101

92

505

9.2

55–64

57

39

49

50

53

58

306

5.6

≥65

41

20

24

43

46

54

228

4.1

Gender

Female

370

338

299

282

334

274

1897

34.5

Male

725

577

567

585

605

541

3600

65.5

TB diagnosis

PTB

SS−

519

375

355

390

431

392

2462

44.8

SS+

373

318

314

286

325

213

1829

33.3

Culture+

86

107

103

105

109

121

631

11.5

pleurisy

117

115

94

85

69

88

568

10.3

Extra-PTB

0

0

0

1

5

1

7

0.1

  1. Notes: ≥65:65 years and older; PTB: pulmonary tuberculosis; SS−: sputum smear negative; SS+: sputum smear positive; Culture+: sputum culture positive only; pleurisy: tuberculous pleurisy; Extra-PTB: extra-pulmonary tuberculosis.