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. 2013 Jul-Aug;20(4):223–230. doi: 10.1155/2013/429496

TABLE 4.

Tuberculosis case rates in the Canadian-born popuation of the prairie provinces according to province, population group and place of residence at diagnosis, 2004 to 2008

Province Population group* Place of residence Cases, n PYs (100,000s) Incidence rate (95% CI)
Unadjusted Adjusted
Alberta Registered Indians On 43 3.2 13.6 (9.5–17.7) 27.0 (21.3–32.8)
Off 17 1.8 9.7 (5.1–14.3) 11.6 (6.5–16.6)
On and off 60 4.9 12.2 (9.1–15.3) 20.4 (16.4–24.4)
Canadian-born ‘others’ 92 131.4 0.7 (0.6–0.8) 0.8 (0.6–0.9)
All Canadian born 152 136.3 1.11 (0.9–1.3) 1.2 (1.0–1.4)
Saskatchewan Registered Indians On 222 3.1 72.2 (62.7–81.7) 72.0 (62.5–81.4)
Off 99 3.1 32.2 (25.9–38.6) 34.0 (27.5–40.5)
On and off 321 6.1 52.2 (46.5–58.0) 52.9 (47.2–58.7)
Canadian-born ‘others’ 137 39.6 3.5 (2.9–4.0) 3.6 (3.0–4.2)
All Canadian born 458 45.7 10.0 (9.1–10.9) 10.2 (9.3–11.1)
Manitoba Registered Indians On 269 3.9 68.8 (60.6–77.0) 83.3 (74.2–92.3)
Off 137 2.3 59.6 (49.4–69.2) 68.1 (57.5–78.8)
On and off 406 6.2 65.3 (58.9–71.6) 77.0 (70.1–83.9)
Canadian-born ‘others’ 74 43.1 1.7 (1.3–2.1) 1.7 (1.3–2.1)
All Canadian born 480 49.3 9.7 (8.9–10.6) 10.0 (9.1–10.9)
Prairie-wide Registered Indians On 534 10.1 52.6 (48.2–57.1) 62.2 (57.3–67.0)
Off 253 7.1 35.4 (31.1–39.8) 40.0 (35.4–44.6)
On and off 787 17.3 45.5 (42.4–48.7) 52.6 (49.2–56.0)
Canadian-born ‘others’ 303 214.1 1.4 (1.3–1.6) 1.4 (1.3–1.6)
All Canadian born 1090 231.3 4.7 (4.4–5.0) 4.7 (4.4–5.0)
*

Canadian-born ‘others’ includes non-Registered Indians, Métis, Inuit and Canadian-born non-Aboriginals.;

Place of residence refers to on-reserve (On) or off-reserve (Off);

Rate estimates are per 100,000 person-years (PYs) of observation