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. 2013 Jul;103(7):1292–1300. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300781

TABLE 1—

Household-Level Characteristics in Relation to Tuberculin Skin Testing: Smith County, TX, 1996

Characteristic No. (%) or Mean ±SD (Median; Range)
Householdsa 1013
People per household 3.3 ±2.2 (3; 1–14)
Households tested 512 (50.5)
People tested in tested households 3.8 ±2.3 (3; 1–14)
People not tested in tested households 2.6 ±1.8 (2; 1–11)
African American householdsb
 Total 233 (23.0)
 Tested 106 (45.5)
Hispanic householdsb
 Total 354 (34.9)
 Tested 262 (74.1)
Non-Hispanic White householdsb
 Total 291 (28.7)
 Tested 143 (49.1)
a

Households include houses, apartments, mobile homes, and other dwellings in which noninstitutionalized civilians normally eat and sleep.

b

Mixed households are included in these figures under the race/ethnicity of the head of household. The 14 mixed households included White–Hispanic (n = 5), African American–Hispanic (n = 4), African American–White (n = 4), and White–Asian (n = 1).