Table 2.
TB rates by U.S. Census SES variables for foreign-born and U.S.-born persons, 1996–2005
| |
TB rate per 100 000 |
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| |
Foreign-Born |
U.S.-Born |
Rate Ratio |
| |
(95% CI*) |
(95% CI) |
(95% CI) |
| (n = 75,246) | (n = 68,333) | ||
|
Overall |
25.8 (25.3, 26.4) |
3.94 (3.91, 3.98) |
6.55 (6.47, 6.63) |
|
Education† |
|
|
|
| 1 (Low SES) |
27.2 (26.2, 28.3) |
8.18 (8.06, 8.30) |
3.33 (3.26, 3.41) |
| 2 |
27.9 (26.7, 29.0) |
4.31 (4.24, 4.39) |
6.46 (6.31, 6.61) |
| 3 |
26.0 (24.8, 27.2) |
2.65 (2.60, 2.70) |
9.82 (9.57, 10.1) |
| 4 (High SES ) |
21.6 (20.5, 22.7) |
1.71 (1.68, 1.75) |
12.6 (12.2, 13.0) |
|
Crowding‡ |
|
|
|
| 1 (Low SES) |
27.5 (26.5, 28.5) |
7.66 (7.54, 7.78) |
3.59 (3.51, 3.66) |
| 2 |
25.0 (23.9, 26.2) |
4.12 (4.04, 4.19) |
6.08 (5.92, 6.25) |
| 3 |
23.1 (21.9, 24.3) |
2.30 (2.26, 2.35) |
10.0 (9.72, 10.3) |
| 4 (High SES ) |
19.4 (18.3, 20.6) |
1.31 (1.27, 1.34) |
14.9 (14.4, 15.4) |
|
Income§ |
|
|
|
| 1 (Low SES) |
28.1 (27.1, 29.1) |
8.83 (8.70, 8.96) |
3.18 (3.11, 3.25) |
| 2 |
27.7 (26.6, 28.9) |
3.65 (3.58, 3.71) |
7.60 (7.42, 7.79) |
| 3 |
25.3 (24.1, 26.5) |
2.29 (2.25, 2.34) |
11.0 (10.7, 11.3) |
| 4 (High SES ) |
21.3 (20.2, 22.4) |
1.81 (1.77, 1.85) |
11.8 (11.4, 12.1) |
|
Unemploymentll |
|
|
|
| 1 (Low SES) |
27.7 (26.7, 28.7) |
8.74 (8.62, 8.87) |
3.17 (3.10, 3.24) |
| 2 |
26.6 (25.5, 27.7) |
3.56 (3.50, 3.62) |
7.46 (7.29, 7.64) |
| 3 |
24.3 (23.2, 25.5) |
2.16 (2.11, 2.20) |
11.3 (11.0, 11.6) |
| 4 (High SES) | 21.6 (20.4, 22.8) | 1.21 (1.18, 1.25) | 17.7 (17.2, 18.3) |
* Confidence interval.
† Percentage of the total population 25 and over in the ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) with any college attendance, 1 = smallest percentage with any college, 4 = largest percentage with any college.
‡ Percentage of housing units in the ZCTA with one or more persons per room, 1 = largest percentage with crowding, 4 = smallest percentage with crowding.
§ Per capita income in 1999 in the ZCTA, 1 = least income, 4 = most income.
ll Percentage of the total population in the ZCTA civilian labor force that is unemployed, 1 = largest percentage of unemployed, 4 = smallest percentage of unemployed.