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. 2012 Mar 21;7(3):e33129. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033129

Table 1. Characteristics of new tuberculosis cases in 6 States of Brazil between the years of 2003 and 2008 (nā€Š=ā€Š161481).+ .

N (%)
Age (median, IQR) 37 (26ā€“49)
Sex
Male 108151 (67)
Female 53322 (33)
Education (years of study)
0 to 4 22076 (13.7)
5 to 8 42152 (26.1)
9 to 11 21989 (13.6)
University degree 8458 (5.2)
Missing 66806 (41.4)
Race
White 54433 (62)
Black 9531 (10.9)
Asian 725 (0.8)
Mixed (mulatto) 14492 (16.5)
Indigenous 1224 (1.4)
Not provided 7306 (8.3)
Type of TB
Pulmonary 127260 (78.8)
Extra pulmonary 27654 (17.1)
Pulmonary and extrapulmonary 6539 (4)
Thoracic X ray
Suspect 126875 (82.6)
Normal 10354 (6.7)
Other pathology 2162 (1.4)
Not done 14159 (9.2)
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Data are presented as actual numbers and proportions for categorical variables, and median (and interquartile ranges) for continuous variables.