Table 4 Proportion of adults (aged ⩾15 years) with tuberculosis (TB) co‐infected with HIV by ethnic group and year of TB diagnosis reported in England and Wales, 1999–2003.
| Ethnic group | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TB | TB/HIV (%) | TB | TB/HIV (%) | TB | TB/HIV (%) | TB | TB/HIV (%) | TB | TB/HIV (%) | |
| White | 1758 | 25 (1.4) | 1845 | 37 (2.0) | 1852 | 38 (2.1) | 1633 | 39 (2.4) | 1580 | 40 (2.5) |
| Black African | 833 | 105 (12.6) | 965 | 155 (16.1) | 1041 | 208 (19.9) | 1433 | 329 (23.0) | 1666 | 420 (25.2) |
| Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi | 1998 | 4 (0.2) | 2220 | 8 (0.4) | 2133 | 6 (0.3) | 2256 | 12 (0.5) | 2246 | 7 (0.3) |
| Mixed/other | 314 | 6 (1.9) | 379 | 9 (2.4) | 456 | 11 (2.4) | 596 | 19 (3.2) | 574 | 13 (2.3) |
| Black Caribbean | 130 | 3 (2.3) | 183 | 3 (1.6) | 171 | 4 (2.3) | 187 | 7 (3.7) | 147 | 5 (3.4) |
| Black other | 21 | 0 (0.0) | 26 | 0 (0.0) | 32 | 2 (6.3) | 53 | 10 (18.9) | 72 | 4 (5.6) |
| Unknown | 334 | 36 (7.8) | 372 | 41 (11.0) | 526 | 45 (8.6) | 340 | 43 (12.7) | 299 | 59 (19.7) |
| Total | 5388 | 169 (3.1) | 5990 | 253 (4.2) | 6211 | 314 (5.1) | 6497 | 459 (7.1) | 6584 | 548 (8.3) |