Table 1 Sex and age distribution of TB cases and relative crude and adjusted rates per ITA, PEF and TEF.

From: Tuberculosis trend among native and foreign-born people over a 17 year period (2004–2020) in a large province in Northern Italy

N (%)

ITA 700 (30.7)

PEF 1290 (56.6)

TEF 289 (12.7)

Total 2279

Male N (%)

389 (55.6)

762 (59.1)

219 (75.8)

1370 (60.1)

Mean age, years (SD)

57.6 (22.4)

33.9 (13.9)

32.3 (12.1)

41.0 (12.1)

Age distribution (years)

N (%)

00–04

15 (2.1)

37 (2.9)

3 (1.0)

55 (2.4)

05–09

8 (1.1)

11 (0.9)

2 (0.7)

21 (0.9)

10–14

6 (0.9)

45 (3.5)

3 (1.0)

54 (2.4)

15–19

19 (2.7)

78 (6.0)

16 (5.5)

113 (5.0)

20–24

17 (2.4)

149 (11.6)

52 (18.0)

218 (9.6)

25–29

30 (4.3)

199 (15.4)

69 (23.9)

298 (13.1)

30–34

28 (4.0)

184 (14.3)

58 (20.1)

270 (11.8)

35–39

31 (4.4)

208 (16.1)

31 (10.7)

270 (11.8)

40–44

48 (6.9)

143 (11.1)

11 (3.8)

202 (8.9)

45–49

52 (7.4)

98 (7.6)

16 (5.5)

166 (7.3)

50–54

57 (8.1)

56 (4.3)

10 (3.5)

123 (5.4)

55–59

30 (4.3)

33 (2.6)

8 (2.8)

71 (3.1)

60–64

38 (5.4)

15 (1.2)

6 (2.1)

59 (2.6)

65–69

57 (8.1)

15 (1.2)

1 (0.3)

73 (3.2)

70–74

61 (8.7)

6 (0.5)

2 (0.7)

69 (3.0)

75–79

80 (11.4)

6 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

86 (3.8)

80–84

72 (10.3)

5 (0.4)

1 (0.3)

78 (3.4)

 ≥ 85

51 (7.3)

2 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

53 (2.3)

Crude rate (CI 95%)/100.000

4.1 (3.8–4.4)

50.8 (48.8–54.5)

117.8 (104.8–132.4)

11.5 (11.1–12.0)

Adjusted rate (CI 95%)/100.000

4.2 (3.9–4.5)

45.6 (43.2–48.2)

  
  1. Crude rate: crude TB notification rate (N/100,000); Adjusted rate: sex and age adjusted TB notification rate (N/100,000); CI95%: Confidence Interval 95%. Adjusted rate for TEF not measurable due to uncertainty of reference population.