Table 2.
Stratum-specific excess attributable risk percenta and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for TB death, patients whose reason for stopping anti-TB therapy was either death or completing treatment, United States, 1993-2012 (n = 237,129).
| Deaths among excess alcohol users (% of all deaths in stratum) | Excess attributable percent | 95% CI | Deaths among excess alcohol users (% of all deaths in stratum) | Excess attributable percent | 95% CI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Male |
Female |
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| Age strata | ||||||
| 15 - 64 | 2544 (34.1) | 35.7 | 32.0 - 39.4 | 465 (17.4) | 60.8 | 54.7 - 66.9 |
| 65+ | 635 (8.8) | –0.42 | –7.6 - 6.8 | 64 (1.5) | 12.8 | –7.9 - 33.5 |
| US-born strata | ||||||
| 15 - 64 | 2055 (38.3) | 3.6 | –1.59 - 8.70 | 429 (23.7) | 31.1 | 22.4 - 39.7 |
| 65+ | 506 (10.4) | –8.3 | –16.6 - 0.0 | 58 (2.0) | 6.7 | –15.3 - 28.8 |
| Foreign-born strata | ||||||
| 15 - 64 | 489 (23.3) | 52.9 | 46.1 - 59.7 | 36 (4.2) | 72.8 | 55.6 - 90.0 |
| 65+ | 127 (5.5) | 4.4 | –11.4 - 20.2 | 6 (0.47) | –17.8 | –98.4 - 62.7 |
a
Overall percent: 10.8%.