TABLE 1.
Characteristics and HIV status of 2667 TB patients, California, 2008
| Patients |
HIV Status Known |
Positive HIV Status |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | n | % Among All Patients |
n | % Among All Patients |
% Among Patients With a Known Status |
|
| Total patients | 2667 | 1752 | 65.7 | 132 | 4.9 | 7.5 |
| Provider type | ||||||
| Any public provider involvement | 1799 | 1343 | 74.7 | 89 | 4.9 | 6.6 |
| Solely by private providers | 819 | 377 | 46.0 | 40 | 4.9 | 10.6 |
| Unknown | 49 | 32 | 65.3 | 3 | 6.1 | 9.4 |
| Age, ya | ||||||
| ≤14 | 155 | 52 | 33.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 15-29 | 490 | 395 | 80.6 | 20 | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| 30-44 | 587 | 452 | 77.0 | 70 | 11.9 | 15.5 |
| 45-59 | 626 | 447 | 71.4 | 36 | 5.8 | 8.1 |
| ≤60 | 809 | 406 | 50.2 | 6 | 0.7 | 1.5 |
| Sexa | ||||||
| Male | 1635 | 1109 | 67.8 | 110 | 6.7 | 9.9 |
| Female | 1032 | 643 | 62.3 | 22 | 2.1 | 3.4 |
| Previous TB | ||||||
| No | 2534 | 1652 | 65.2 | 125 | 4.9 | 7.6 |
| Yes | 133 | 100 | 75.2 | 7 | 5.3 | 7.0 |
| History of homelessness, incarceration, illicit drug use, or alcohol usea |
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| No history of behaviors | 2239 | 1410 | 63.0 | 80 | 3.6 | 5.7 |
| History of 1 behavior | 239 | 182 | 76.2 | 27 | 11.3 | 14.8 |
| History of 2 or more behaviors | 189 | 160 | 84.7 | 25 | 13.2 | 15.6 |
| Site of diseasea | ||||||
| Pulmonary only | 1908 | 1263 | 66.2 | 72 | 3.8 | 5.7 |
| Extrapulmonary | 759 | 489 | 64.4 | 60 | 7.9 | 12.3 |
| Racea | ||||||
| White | 255 | 160 | 62.7 | 17 | 6.7 | 10.6 |
| Black | 209 | 152 | 72.7 | 27 | 12.9 | 17.8 |
| Hispanic | 1046 | 746 | 71.3 | 77 | 7.4 | 10.3 |
| Asian | 1148 | 687 | 59.8 | 10 | 0.9 | 1.5 |
| AI or NA | 8 | 7 | 87.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 14.3 |
| Unknown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Birthplacea | ||||||
| US-born | 654 | 402 | 61.5 | 51 | 7.8 | 12.7 |
| Foreign-born | 2013 | 1350 | 67.1 | 81 | 4.0 | 6.0 |
| Birthplace and race | ||||||
| US-born | ||||||
| White | 193 | 125 | 64.8 | 17 | 8.8 | 13.6 |
| Black | 155 | 111 | 71.6 | 21 | 13.5 | 18.9 |
| Hispanic | 244 | 137 | 56.1 | 12 | 4.9 | 8.8 |
| Asian | 55 | 23 | 41.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| AI or NA | 7 | 6 | 85.7 | 1 | 14.3 | 16.7 |
| Foreign-born | ||||||
| White | 62 | 35 | 56.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Black | 54 | 41 | 75.9 | 6 | 11.1 | 14.6 |
| Hispanic | 802 | 609 | 75.9 | 65 | 8.1 | 10.7 |
| Asian | 1093 | 664 | 60.8 | 10 | 0.9 | 1.5 |
| AI or NA | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Unknown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Abbreviations: AI or NA, American Indian or Native Alaskan; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; TB, tuberculosis.
a
Characteristic is associated with HIV-infection prevalence in bivariate analysis.