TABLE 1—
Demographic, Clinical, and Social History Characteristics of US-Born New York City Patients With Tuberculosis by New York City Housing Authority Residence: 2001–2009
| US-Born NYC Patients With TB |
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| Characteristic | NYCHA Residents, No. (%) | Non-NYCHA Residents, No. (%) | P |
| Total | 371 (14) | 2280 (86) | |
| Age group, y | .06 | ||
| 0–18 | 28 (8) | 279 (12) | |
| 19–44 | 141 (38) | 812 (36) | |
| 45–64 | 138 (37) | 787 (35) | |
| ≥ 65 | 64 (17) | 402 (18) | |
| Male gender | 186 (50) | 1405 (62) | < .001 |
| Race/ethnicity | < .001 | ||
| Non-Hispanic White | 10 (3) | 355 (16) | |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 266 (72) | 1241 (54) | |
| Asian | 0 (0) | 61 (3) | |
| Hispanic | 94 (25) | 619 (27) | |
| Other | 1 (< 1) | 4 (< 1) | |
| History of previous TB | 20 (5) | 95 (4) | .28 |
| History of homelessness | 28 (8) | 272 (12) | .01 |
| HIV status | .02 | ||
| Infected | 89 (24) | 675 (30) | |
| Not infected | 198 (53) | 1042 (46) | |
| Refused, not done, not offered, or unknown | 84 (23) | 563 (25) | |
| History of substance use in past year | 126 (35) | 788 (36) | .69 |
| Recent unemployment (in past 24 mo) | 283 (76) | 1701 (75) | .49 |
| History of mental illness | 30 (8) | 230 (10) | .24 |
| Site of disease | .93 | ||
| Pulmonary TB only | 249 (67) | 1553 (68) | |
| Extrapulmonary TB only | 81 (22) | 483 (21) | |
| Both pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB | 41 (11) | 244 (11) | |
| Acid-fast bacilli sputum smear–positive TBa | 157 (54) | 847 (47) | .001 |
| Cavities on chest radiographa | 63 (22) | 319 (18) | .1 |
| Culture-positive TB | 275 (74) | 1616 (71) | .2 |
| Strain availableb | 265 (96) | 1526 (94) | .19 |
| Clustered TB strainc | 178 (67) | 1004 (66) | .66 |
Note. NYC = New York City; NYCHA = New York City Housing Authority; TB = tuberculosis.
a
Calculated as a percentage of pulmonary cases, which includes pulmonary and both pulmonary and extrapulmonary cases.
b
A TB specimen with IS6110-based restriction fragment length polymorphism and spacer oligonucleotide type results, as a percentage of those with culture-positive TB.
c
Those with a TB strain genotype that is part of a known NYC TB cluster, as a percentage of those with restriction fragment length polymorphism and spacer oligonucleotide type results.