Table 1. Characteristics of Genotyped Tuberculosis Cases in Florida, 2009–2013.
| Year of Isolation | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | 2009 (n = 382) | 2010 (n = 573) | 2011 (n = 560) | 2012 (n = 518) | 2013 (n = 498) | Total (n = 2531) | P-value¥ |
| Clustered Cases | |||||||
| No | 183 (47.9) | 333 (58.1) | 291 (52.0) | 279 (53.9) | 274 (55.0) | 1360 (53.7) | 0.0304 |
| Yes | 199 (52.1) | 240 (41.9) | 269 (48.0) | 239 (46.1) | 224 (45.0) | 1171 (46.3) | |
| Gender | |||||||
| Male | 257 (67.3) | 376 (65.6) | 368 (65.7) | 331 (63.9) | 308 (61.9) | 1640 (64.8) | 0.4795 |
| Female | 125 (32.7) | 197 (34.4) | 192 (34.3) | 187 (36.1) | 190 (38.2) | 891 (35.2) | |
| Age | |||||||
| ≤24 Years | 42 (11.0) | 67 (11.7) | 60 (10.7) | 52 (10.0) | 53 (10.6) | 274 (10.8) | 0.7173 |
| 25–44 Years | 138 (36.1) | 188 (32.8) | 162 (28.9) | 155 (30.0) | 153 (30.7) | 796 (31.5) | |
| 45–64 Years | 134 (35.1) | 210 (36.7) | 226 (40.4) | 203 (39.2) | 195 (39.2) | 968 (38.3) | |
| ≥65 Years | 68 (17.8) | 108 (18.9) | 112 (20.0) | 108 (20.9) | 97 (19.5) | 493 (19.5) | |
| Origin | |||||||
| US/Canada | 199 (52.1) | 286 (45.7) | 256 (45.7) | 272 (52.5) | 216 (43.4) | 1229 (48.6) | 0.0018 |
| Haiti | 54 (14.1) | 71 (12.4) | 78 (13.9) | 55 (10.6) | 65 (13.1) | 323 (12.8) | |
| Latin America | 52 (13.6) | 75 (13.1) | 53 (9.5) | 54 (10.4) | 56 (11.2) | 290 (11.5) | |
| South America | 47 (12.3) | 65 (11.3) | 78 (13.9) | 67 (12.9) | 69 (13.9) | 326 (12.9) | |
| Other | 30 (7.9) | 76 (13.3) | 95 (17.0) | 70 (13.5) | 92 (18.5) | 363 (14.3) | |
| Time in the US* | |||||||
| < 5 Years | 66 (37.7) | 95 (34.4) | 86 (29.7) | 74 (31.1) | 91 (32.9) | 412 (32.7) | 0.4250 |
| ≥ 5 Years | 109 (62.7) | 181 (65.6) | 204 (70.3) | 164 (68.9) | 186 (67.2) | 844 (67.0) | |
| HIV Status | |||||||
| Negative | 249 (65.2) | 410 (71.6) | 393 (70.2) | 371 (71.6) | 382 (76.7) | 1805 (71.3) | 0.1123€ |
| Positive | 63 (16.5) | 76 (13.3) | 76 (13.3) | 56 (10.8) | 65 (13.1) | 343 (13.6) | |
| Refused | 35 (9.2) | 43 (7.5) | 43 (7.5) | 53 (10.2) | 37 (7.4) | 211 (8.3) | |
| Missing | 35 (9.2) | 44 (7.7) | 44 (7.7) | 38 (7.3) | 14 (2.8) | 172 (6.8) | |
| History of Incarceration | |||||||
| No | 355 (92.9) | 552 (96.3) | 545 (97.3) | 496 (95.8) | 477 (95.8) | 2425 (95.8) | 0.0217 |
| Yes | 27 (7.1) | 21 (3.7) | 15 (2.7) | 22 (4.3) | 21 (4.2) | 106 (4.2) | |
| History of Homelessness | |||||||
| No | 353 (92.4) | 514 (89.7) | 502 (89.6) | 455 (87.8) | 447 (89.8) | 2271 (89.7) | 0.1473 |
| Yes | 29 (7.6) | 49 (8.6) | 53 (9.5) | 57 (11.0) | 48 (9.6) | 236 (9.3) | |
| Missing | 0 (0.0) | 10 (1.8) | 5 (0.9) | 6 (1.2) | 3 (0.6) | 24 (1.0) | |
Notes:
*Among Foreign-born cases. We lacked data on timing of immigration for 3 cases;
¥ P-value for chi-square test of equal proportion across the five year study period;
€ among cases with known HIV status and those who refused the test.
Descriptive Analyses were conducted using SAS v9.4 (Cary, NC, USA).