Table 2. Comparison of the TB notification rate between the “2009 and 2014 cohort of newly notified TB cases” and the “2017 TB screening for the elderly people living in the JN region”.
| National TB report data* | 2017 TB screening for the elderly (JN) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2014 | ||
| Study population | 5,267,708 | 6,520,607 | 12,402 |
| Bacteriologically confirmed TB cases | 5,560 | 7,678 | 16 |
| TB cases per 100,000 | 105.5 | 117.7 | 129 |
| Odds ratio† | 0.82 | 0.91 | Reference |
| 95% CI | 0.50–1.34 | 0.56–1.49 | Reference |
*Choi HJ (2017). Development of a pilot model for TB management and care for socioeconomically vulnerable regions and groups. Cheongju: Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention14. †Odds ratios were calculated using chi-square tests.
TB: tuberculosis; JN: Jeollanam-do.