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. 2010 Jun;100(6):1031–1034. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.177725

TABLE 2.

Incidence Rate Ratios (IRRs) Comparing Foreign-Born to US-Born HIV-Infected Individuals by Year of Tuberculosis (TB) Case Verification: New York City, NY, 2001–2005

2001, IRR (95% CI) 2002, IRR (95% CI) 2003, IRR (95% CI) 2004, IRR (95% CI) 2005, IRR (95% CI) 2001–2005, IRR (95% CI)
Total 2.7 (2.0, 3.6) 2.3 (1.7, 3.2) 3.3 (2.4, 4.4) 3.3 (2.4, 4.4) 3.3 (2.4, 4.6) 2.9 (2.5, 3.3)
Age, y
    20–29 3.1 (1.1, 8.5) 3.0 (1.0, 8.9) 9.1 (2.4, 34.2) 6.7 (1.7, 27.0) 2.2 (0.4, 13.2) 4.1 (2.4, 7.1)
    30–39 3.0 (1.9, 4.8) 4.2 (2.5, 7.0) 3.2 (1.9, 5.5) 3.4 (2.0, 5.9) 5.1 (2.9, 8.8) 3.7 (2.9, 4.6)
    40–49 3.1 (1.8, 5.2) 1.2 (0.6, 2.2) 3.3 (2.1, 5.2) 3.6 (2.2, 5.9) 3.8 (2.1, 6.8) 2.8 (2.2, 3.5)
    50–59 0.9 (0.3, 2.9) 1.4 (0.6, 3.0) 1.6 (0.7, 3.7) 2.6 (1.3, 5.4) 0.9 (0.4, 2.4) 1.5 (1.0, 2.1)
    ≥ 60 1.3 (0.3, 4.7) 3.3 (1.1, 9.8) 7.7 (0.7, 85.2) 0.9 (0.2, 4.0) 3.8 (1.1, 13.3) 2.2 (1.3, 4.0)
Race/ethnicity
    Non-Hispanic Black 2.1 (1.4, 3.2) 2.0 (1.3, 3.0) 3.1 (2.1, 4.5) 3.3 (2.2, 4.8) 3.5 (2.3, 5.3) 2.7 (2.3, 3.2)
    Hispanic 3.4 (2.0, 6.0) 2.8 (1.6, 4.8) 2.2 (1.2, 4.0) 3.1 (1.7, 5.6) 2.1 (1.1, 4.0) 2.7 (2.1, 3.5)
    Non-Hispanic White 0.8 (0.1, 6.4) NA 3.2 (0.3, 31.1) 2.4 (0.5, 11.3) 2.1 (0.5, 9.9) 1.4 (0.6, 3.3)
    Asian 1.6 (0.3, 7.7) NA NA NA NA 6.7 (1.6, 28.0)
Sex
    Male 3.5 (2.4, 5.0) 2.3 (1.6, 3.3) 3.9 (2.8, 5.5) 3.1 (2.1, 4.5) 3.8 (2.6, 5.6) 3.2 (2.8, 3.8)
    Female 1.5 (0.8, 2.8) 2.4 (1.4, 4.2) 1.8 (0.9, 3.5) 3.6 (2.1, 6.3) 2.0 (1.0, 4.0) 2.2 (1.7, 2.8)

Note. CI = confidence interval; NA = not applicable (IRR could not be computed).