TABLE 6.
Culture-positive pulmonary tuberculosis case rates in the Canadian-born population of the prairie provinces according to province, population group and place of residence, 2007 to 2008*
| Province | Population group | Place of residence† | Cases, n | PYs (×100,000) |
Incidence rate (95% CI)
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted | Adjusted | |||||
| Alberta | Registered Indian | On | 13 | 0.8 | 15.3 (7.0–23.7) | 17.0 (8.2–25.8) |
| Off | 5 | 0.5 | 9.3 (1.1–17.4) | 12.7 (3.2–22.2) | ||
| On and off | 18 | 1.4 | 13.0 (7.0–19.0) | 15.8 (9.2–22.4) | ||
| Canadian-born others | – | 19 | 42.5 | 0.4 (0.2–0.6) | 0.5 (0.3–0.7) | |
| All Canadian born | – | 37 | 43.9 | 0.8 (0.6–1.1) | 0.9 (0.6–1.1) | |
| Saskatchewan | Registered Indian | On | 40 | 0.8 | 48.6 (33.5–63.6) | 45.9 (31.2–60.5) |
| Off | 14 | 0.9 | 15.4 (7.4–23.5) | 13.0 (5.6–20.4) | ||
| On and off | 54 | 1.7 | 31.2 (22.9–39.5) | 29.0 (21.0–37.1) | ||
| Canadian-born others | – | 32 | 12.9 | 2.5 (1.6–3.3) | 2.7 (1.8–3.5) | |
| All Canadian born | – | 86 | 14.7 | 5.9 (4.6–7.1) | 6.2 (4.9–7.4) | |
| Manitoba | Registered Indian | On | 75 | 1.0 | 71.5 (55.3–87.6) | 77.6 (60.8–94.5) |
| Off | 35 | 0.7 | 49.8 (33.3–66.3) | 53.5 (36.4–70.6) | ||
| On and off | 110 | 1.8 | 62.8 (51.0–74.5) | 67.4 (55.2–79.5) | ||
| Canadian-born others | – | 15 | 13.9 | 1.1 (0.5–1.6) | 1.1 (0.5–1.7) | |
| All Canadian born | – | 125 | 15.6 | 8.0 (6.6–9.4) | 8.2 (6.8–9.6) | |
| Prairie-wide | Registered Indian | On | 128 | 2.7 | 47.0 (32.4–61.6) | 49.3 (34.4–64.3) |
| Off | 54 | 2.1 | 25.1 (18.4–31.8) | 27.4 (20.4–34.3) | ||
| On and off | 182 | 4.9 | 37.4 (31.9–42.8) | 39.7 (34.1–45.3) | ||
| Canadian-born others | – | 66 | 69.3 | 1.0 (0.7–1.2) | 1.0 (0.7–1.2) | |
| All Canadian born | – | 248 | 74.2 | 3.3 (2.9–3.8) | 3.3 (2.9–3.8) | |
*
Canadian-born ‘others’ includes non-Registered Indians, Métis, Inuit and Canadian-born non-Aboriginals;
†
Place of residence refers to on- or off-reserve;
‡
Rate estimates are per 100,000 person-years (PYs) of observation