Table 3. Baseline characteristics of tuberculosis casesa in study cohort by migrant status, Denmark, 1993–2015 (n = 2,239).
| Characteristics | Danish-born | All migrants | Former asylum seekers | Quota refugees | Family-reunified to Danish/Nordic citizens | Family-reunified to immigrants | Family-reunified to refugees | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | |
| Age at diagnosis, years (mean, SD) | 42.1 | 10.8 | 36.0 | 12.2 | 36.9 | 13.1 | 35.9 | 12.2 | 34.6 | 9.1 | 33.9 | 11.5 | 35.8 | 12.6 |
| Time to diagnosis, years (mean, SD) | 8.8 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| Total TB cases | 100 | 398 | 100 | 1,841 | 100 | 923 | 100 | 125 | 100 | 372 | 100 | 92 | 100 | 329 |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||
| Female | 39.2 | 156 | 53.3 | 982 | 42.8 | 395 | 25.6 | 32 | 71.5 | 266 | 52.2 | 48 | 73.2 | 241 |
| Male | 60.8 | 242 | 46.7 | 859 | 57.2 | 528 | 74.4 | 93 | 28.5 | 106 | 47.8 | 44 | 26.8 | 88 |
| Region of origin | ||||||||||||||
| East Europe and Central Asia | NA | NA | 10.7 | 197 | 14.6 | 135 | 0.0 | 0 | 7.0 | 26 | 34.8 | 32 | 1.2 | 4 |
| Europe, North America and Oceania | NA | NA | 0.8 | 15 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 2.4 | 9 | 2.2 | 2 | 0.6 | 2 |
| Middle East and North Africa | NA | NA | 5.5 | 102 | 5.5 | 51 | 10.4 | 13 | 3.5 | 13 | 7.6 | 7 | 5.5 | 18 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | NA | NA | 0.3 | 6 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.3 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| South-East Asia | NA | NA | 26.2 | 483 | 8.1 | 75 | 51.2 | 64 | 66.1 | 246 | 44.6 | 41 | 17.3 | 57 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | NA | NA | 56.4 | 1,038 | 71.4 | 659 | 38.4 | 48 | 19.6 | 73 | 10.9 | 10 | 75.4 | 248 |
| 10 most frequent countries of origin | ||||||||||||||
| Afghanistan | NA | NA | 4.7 | 86 | 3.1 | 57 | 3.2 | 4 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 7.3 | 24 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | NA | NA | 5.6 | 104 | 11.2 | 103 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Iraq | NA | NA | 3.2 | 58 | 4.1 | 38 | 4.8 | 6 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.6 | 12 |
| Myanmar/Burma | NA | NA | 2.2 | 40 | 0.2 | 2 | 25.6 | 32 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.8 | 6 |
| Pakistan | NA | NA | 3.7 | 69 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 12.9 | 48 | 18.5 | 17 | 0.9 | 3 |
| Philippines | NA | NA | 3.2 | 59 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 14.5 | 54 | 5.4 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Somalia | NA | NA | 47.1 | 873 | 66.9 | 617 | 9.6 | 12 | 1.3 | 5 | 5.4 | 5 | 71.1 | 234 |
| Thailand | NA | NA | 4.6 | 85 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 21.2 | 79 | 6.5 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Turkey | NA | NA | 2.2 | 40 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.3 | 16 | 22.8 | 21 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Vietnam | NA | NA | 2.7 | 51 | 0.2 | 2 | 1.6 | 2 | 7.8 | 29 | 4.3 | 4 | 4.2 | 14 |
| HIV positive | 2.0 | 8 | 2.3 | 42 | 0.4 | 4 | 6.4 | 8 | 6.2 | 23 | 4.3 | 4 | 0.9 | 3 |
| Disease siteb | ||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary tuberculosis | 87.4 | 348 | 52.4 | 965 | 51.6 | 476 | 48.8 | 61 | 56.5 | 210 | 59.8 | 55 | 49.5 | 163 |
| Extrapulmonary tuberculosis | 10.3 | 41 | 46.3 | 852 | 47.8 | 442 | 42.4 | 53 | 42.2 | 157 | 40.2 | 37 | 49.5 | 163 |
NA: not applicable; SD: standard deviation.
a All cases of tuberculosis: all active tuberculosis cases, including both pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis.
b Site unknown not listed.
Data are presented as n (%) unless otherwise stated.