TABLE 3.
Demographic characterisitics of tuberculosis cases in the prairie provinces of Canada, 2004 to 2008
| Demographic group |
Province*
|
Prairie wide | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB | SK | MB | ||
| Assessed | 663 (37.0) | 492 (27.5) | 637 (35.5) | 1792 (100.0) |
| Age, years | ||||
| <15 | 35 (5.3) | 149 (30.3) | 65 (10.2) | 249 (13.9) |
| 15–34 | 201 (30.3) | 177 (36.0) | 236 (37.0) | 614 (34.3) |
| 35–64 | 259 (39.1) | 139 (28.3) | 273 (42.9) | 671 (37.4) |
| >64 | 168 (25.3) | 27 (5.5) | 63 (9.9) | 258 (14.4) |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 331 (49.9) | 268 (54.5) | 365 (57.3) | 964 (53.8) |
| Female | 332 (50.1) | 224 (45.5) | 272 (42.7) | 828 (46.2) |
| Population group† | ||||
| Registered Indians | 60 (9.0) | 321 (65.2) | 406 (63.7) | 787 (43.9) |
| Métis | 15 (2.3) | 115 (23.4) | 5 (0.8) | 135 (7.5) |
| Non-Métis CBO | 77 (11.6) | 22 (4.5) | 69 (10.8) | 168 (9.4) |
| Foreign born | 511 (77.1) | 34 (6.9) | 157 (24.6) | 702 (39.2) |
Data presented as n (%).
*
Three patients were not included in the analysis on account of missing data;
†
Non-Métis Canadian-born ‘others’ (CBO) included eight non-Registered Indians and three Inuit. In Saskatchewan, non-Registered Indians were included with Métis within the provincial TB registry. AB Alberta; MB Manitoba; SK Saskatchewan