Table 2.

Demographic characteristics and tuberculosis prevalence of the study population in the Central Highlands in 2003

	Population N	Prolonged cough* N (%, 95%CI)	New smear-positive tuberculosis N	Prevalence* (/100,000 population) (95%CI)	Notification (/100,000 population pyr)
Total	68,946	1,298 (1.9%, 95%CI 1.8–2.0%)	16	23 (13–38)	44
Sex
Men	34,809	721 (2.1%, 95%CI 1.9–2.2%)	9	26 (12–49)	62
Women	34,135	559 (1.6%, 95%CI 1.5–1.8%)	6	18 (6–38)	25
Unknown		18	1
Age (years)
15 – 34	40,480	190 (0.47%, 95%CI 0.41–0.54%)	0	0 (0–9)	22
35 – 54	21,165	410 (1.9 %, 95%CI 1.8 – 2.1 %)	6	28 (10–62)	85
55+	7,301	696 (9.5 %, 95%CI 8.9 – 10 %)	10	137 (66–252)	125
Unknown		2	0
Ethnicity
Kinh	36,862	488 (1.3%, 95%CI 1.2–1.4%)	2	5 (0–20)	.
Minority group	32,084	796 (2.5%, 95%CI 2.3–2.7%)	13	41 (22–69)	.
Unknown		14	1

*Unweighted estimate