Table 2. Results of Cox proportional hazards regression analysis indicating hazard ratios for age and sex, stratified by country of birth, among asylum seekers from Eritrea and Somalia with incident tuberculosis cases, the Netherlands, 2013–2017.
| Country of origin and characteristic | Total |
No. cases (%)
|
Hazard ratio (95% CI)
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eritrea | |||||
| Age group | |||||
| <18 y | 7,301 | 35 (0.5) | Referent | ||
| >18 y | 13,820 | 303 (2.2) | 3.4 (2.4–4.9) | ||
| Sex | |||||
| F | 8,185 | 86 (1.1) | Referent | ||
| M |
12,936 |
252 (2.0) |
1.6 (1.3–2.1) |
||
| Somalia | |||||
| Age group | |||||
| <18 y | 3,419 | 54 (1.6) | Referent | ||
| >18 y | 1,439 | 76 (5.3) | 3.7 (2.6–5.3) | ||
| Sex | |||||
| F | 2,513 | 74 (2.9) | Referent | ||
| M | 2,345 | 56 (2.4) |
1.0 (0.7–1.4) |
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