Table 1. Characteristics of new tuberculosis cases in 6 States of Brazil between the years of 2003 and 2008 (n = 161481).+ .
| N (%) | |
| Age (median, IQR) | 37 (26–49) |
| 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.