Table 2. Ward-level demographic and socioeconomic indicators stratified by tertiles of overall TB incidence, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, January 1, 2020–April 30, 2023*.
| Indicator | Overall TB incidence |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st tertile, median incidence 84/100,000 persons, n = 105 | 2nd tertile, median incidence 120/100,000 persons, n = 105 | 3rd tertile, median incidence 187/100,000 persons, n = 105 | Overall, n = 315 | |
| Male proportion of population, mean (SD) | 48.1 (1.86) | 48.2 (1.82) | 47.6 (2.78) | 48.0 (2.21) |
| Proportion of population 30–59 years old, mean (SD) |
44.1 (2.23) |
44.2 (2.02) |
45.5 (1.52) |
44.6 (2.04) |
| Residence type, no. (%) | ||||
| Urban | 86 (81.9) | 89 (84.8) | 88 (83.8) | 263 (83.5) |
| Rural |
19 (18.1) |
16 (15.2) |
17 (16.2) |
52 (16.5) |
| Location, no. (%) | ||||
| City center | 23 (21.9) | 22 (21) | 24 (22.9) | 69 (22) |
| Peripheral |
82 (78.1) |
83 (79) |
81 (77.1) |
246 (78) |
| Total population, median (IQR) | 26,050 (12,402–40,289) |
25,575 (13,354–42,067) |
16,911 (11,190–25,068) |
22,383 (12,397–36,880) |
| Population density, persons/km2, median (IQR) |
27,537 (9,203–44,241) |
20,810 (6,323–41,535) |
32,117 (13,005–46,854) |
27,781 (8,233–44,812) |
| Average no. persons per household, mean (SD) | 3.51 (0.319) | 3.55 (0.269) | 3.62 (0.321) | 3.56 (0.307) |
| Literacy rate, median (IQR) | 99.3 (98.7–99.6) | 99.3 (98.7–99.6) | 98.8 (97.7–99.3) | 99.2 (98.5–99.6) |
| Unemployment rate, mean (SD) | 3.25 (1.17) | 3.10 (1.05) | 2.76 (0.747) | 3.04 (1.02) |
| Proportion of homes that had a computer, median (IQR) | 71.7 (55.4–77.6) | 71.0 (59.3–76.5) | 65.2 (59.3–73.2) | 71.0 (59.3–76.3) |
| HIV prevalence, median (IQR) | 0.49 (0.34–0.84) | 0.48 (0.34–0.93) | 0.93 (0.45–1.29) | 0.49 (0.36–0.95) |
*IQR, interquartile range; TB, tuberculosis.