Table 2.
Single Variable Poisson Log-linear Analysis Results for TB Count Data
| Variable | B* | SE | RR* | 95% CI for RR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male/Female | 0.0891 | 0.0396 | 1.09 | 1.01 - 1.19 |
| Urban/Rural | 0.5069 | 0.0408 | 1.66 | 1.54 - 1.80 |
| Pulmonary TB/External pulmonary TB | 0.5133 | 0.0409 | 1.67 | 1.54 - 1.80 |
| BCG (Yes/No) | 0.2562 | 0.0408 | 1.29 | 1.20 - 1.40 |
| Age(year) | ||||
| <=30 | -0.2357 | 0.0569 | 0.75 | 0.70 - 0.89 |
| 31-65 | 0.6175 | 0.0469 | 1.85 | 1.70 - 2.03 |
| >65 | --- | --- | 1.00 | |
| Job | ||||
| Employee | -0.7717 | 0.0557 | 0.46 | 0.41 - 0.52 |
| Housewife | 0.0488 | 0.0438 | 1.05 | 0.96 - 1.14 |
| Others | --- | --- | 1.00 | |
| Education | ||||
| Primary & illiterate | 1.65 | 0.0569 | 5.21 | 4.66 - 5.81 |
| High school Diploma & higher | -0.30 | 0.0799 | 0.74 | 0.63 - 0.86 |
| --- | --- | 1.00 |
*- adjusted for years of 2001-2010 and size of the population as an offset variable