Table 2. Demographic characteristics of infected contacts by community-of-residence*.
| Characteristic† | All communities n | Community-of-residence | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reserve Communities n (%) | Métis communities n (%) | Major metropolitan n (%) | Non-major metropolitan n (%) | ||
| No. Assessed | 1076‡ | 593 | 96 | 158 | 229 |
| Age (years) | |||||
| <15 | 301 | 195 (65) | 39 (13) | 20 (7) | 47 (16) |
| 15 to 34 | 352 | 198 (56) | 35 (10) | 44 (13) | 75 (21) |
| 35 to 64 | 378 | 182 (48) | 22 (6) | 82 (22) | 92 (24) |
| >64 | 44 | 17 (39) | 0 (0) | 12 (27) | 15 (34) |
| Unknown | 1 | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 556 | 334 (60) | 44 (8) | 72 (13) | 106 (19) |
| Female | 504 | 246 (49) | 52 (10) | 83 (16) | 123 (24) |
| Unknown | 16 | 13 (81) | 0 (0) | 3 (19) | 0 (0) |
| Population Group | |||||
| Registered First Nations | 817 | 572 (70) | 58 (7) | 43 (5) | 144 (18) |
| Métis/Other Indigenous | 59 | 7 (12) | 38 (64) | 3 (5) | 11 (19) |
| Canadian Non-Indigenous | 93 | 2 (2) | 0 (0) | 46 (49) | 45 (48) |
| Foreign-Born | 35 | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 22 (63) | 12 (34) |
| Unknown | 72 | 11 (15) | 0 (0) | 44 (61) | 17 (24) |
* Infected contacts include all contacts who were identified as being a secondary case or of having either a new positive tuberculin skin test or a tuberculin skin test conversion.
† See text for definition of population groups and communities-of-residence.
‡ There were 1085 transmission events in total. Nine of these contacts were lacking information on community-of-residence.