TABLE 2—
Sociodemographic Characteristics Among Tuberculosis (TB) Patients Aged 18–64 Years: United States, 1998–2002
| Non-Hispanic, No. (%) | |||||
| AIAN | White | Black | API | Hispanic No. (%) | |
| Correctional facility resident at diagnosis | |||||
| Yes | 27 (3.7) | 485 (4.6) | 1 227 (6.3) | 92 (0.7) | 881 (6.0) |
| No | 699 (95.9) | 10 147 (95.2) | 18 306 (93.5) | 12 733 (99.0) | 13 706 (93.7) |
| Unknown | 3 (0.4) | 24 (0.2) | 53 (0.3) | 40 (0.3) | 38 (0.3) |
| Pa | .33 | <.05 | <.001 | <.05 | |
| RR (95% CI)a | 0.82 (0.56,1.2) | 0.59 (0.41,0.86) | 5.2 (3.4,7.9) | 0.62 (0.42,0.90) | |
| Homeless within past year | |||||
| Yes | 169 (23.2) | 1417 (13.3) | 2 133 (10.9) | 118 (0.9) | 908 (6.2) |
| No | 556 (76.3) | 9073 (85.1) | 16 983 (86.7) | 12 505 (97.2) | 13 305 (91.0) |
| Unknown | 4 (0.5) | 166 (1.6) | 470 (2.4) | 242 (1.9) | 412 (2.8) |
| Pa | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | |
| RR (95% CI)a | 1.7 (1.5,2.0) | 2.1 (1.8,2.4) | 24.9 (20.0,31.2) | 3.7 (3.2,4.2) | |
| Injection drug use within past year | |||||
| Yes | 30 (4.1) | 427 (4.0) | 980 (5.0) | 16 (0.1) | 448 (3.1) |
| No | 646 (88.6) | 9533 (89.5) | 17 145 (87.5) | 12 289 (95.5) | 13 414 (91.7) |
| Unknown | 53 (7.3) | 696 (6.5) | 1461 (7.5) | 560 (4.4) | 763 (5.2) |
| Pa | =.93 | =.31 | <.001 | .11 | |
| RR (95% CI)a | 1.0 (0.72,1.5) | 0.82 (0.58,1.2) | 34.1 (18.7,62.3) | 1.4 (0.96,2.0) | |
| Noninjection drug use within past year | |||||
| Yes | 88 (12.1) | 1 043 (9.8) | 3247 (16.6) | 127 (1.0) | 1037 (7.1) |
| No | 578 (79.3) | 8843 (83.0) | 14 843 (75.8) | 12 145 (94.4) | 12 767 (87.3) |
| Unknown | 63 (8.6) | 770 (7.2) | 1496 (7.6) | 593 (4.6) | 821 (5.6) |
| Pa | <.05 | <.05 | <.001 | <.001 | |
| RR (95% CI)a | 1.3 (1.0,1.5) | 0.74 (0.60,0.90) | 12.8 (9.8,16.6) | 1.8 (1.4,2.2) | |
| Excess alcohol use within past year | |||||
| Yes | 363 (49.8) | 2826 (26.5) | 5036 (25.7) | 416 (3.2) | 2397 (16.4) |
| No | 337 (46.2) | 7228 (67.8) | 13 149 (67.1) | 11870 (92.3) | 11 491 (78.6) |
| Unknown | 29 (4.0) | 602 (5.6) | 1401 (7.2) | 579 (4.5) | 737 (5.0) |
| Pa | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | |
| RR (95% CI)a | 1.8 (1.7,2.0) | 1.9 (1.7,2.0) | 15.3 (13.6,17.2) | 3.0 (2.8,3.3) | |
| Occupation within past 2 years | |||||
| Not employed | 375 (51.4) | 4293 (40.3) | 9523 (48.6) | 4406 (34.2) | 5227 (35.7) |
| Health care worker | 13 (1.8) | 446 (4.2) | 794 (4.1) | 653 (5.1) | 231 (1.6) |
| Correctional employee | 0 (0.0) | 22 (0.2) | 43 (0.2) | 6 (< 0.1) | 13 (0.1) |
| Migratory/agriculture | 2 (0.3) | 26 (0.2) | 86 (0.4) | 25 (0.2) | 757 (5.2) |
| Other | 213 (29.2) | 5293 (49.7) | 7633 (39.0) | 6854 (53.3) | 7582 (51.8) |
| Multiple occupations | 1 (0.1) | 18 (0.2) | 40 (0.2) | 17 (0.1) | 26 (0.2) |
| Unknown | 125 (17.1) | 558 (5.2) | 1467 (7.5) | 904 (7.0) | 789 (5.4) |
| Pa | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | |
| RR (95% CI)a | 1.5 (1.4,1.6) | 1.2 (1.1,1.3) | 1.7 (1.6,1.8) | 1.6 (1.5,1.8) | |
| Total | 729 (100.0) | 10 656 (100.0) | 19 586 (100.0) | 12 865 (100.0) | 14 625 (100.0) |
Note. AIAN = American Indian/Alaska Native (includes only US-born AIAN persons); API = Asian/Pacific Islander; RR = relative risk; CI = confidence interval. Characteristics among TB patients determined with a combination of self-report and medical documentation.30
aComparison of AIAN vs other racial/ethnic group.