Table 1.
Characteristics of asylum seekers, TB cases among asylum seekers, TB cases diagnosed based on screening and yield of TB cases diagnosed based on screening, 2015–2016, Finland
| All asylum seekers; n (%), | All TB cases among asylum seekers; n (%), | TB cases diagnosed based on screening; n (%) |
Yield of TB cases diagnosed based on screening; (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 38,134 | n = 96 | n = 48 | 0.19 (48/25048) | ||
| Mena | 30,122 (79) | 71 (74) | 40 (83) | ||
| Age groupb | 0–13 | 5669 (15) | 3 (3) | 1 (2) | |
| 14–17 | 3740 (10) | 13 (13.5) | 9 (19) | ||
| 18–34 | 22,397 (59) | 65 (68) | 27 (56) | ||
| 35–64 | 6024 (16) | 13 (13.5) | 11 (23) | ||
| 65 or above | 114 (0.3) | 2 (2) | 0 | ||
| Originc | Iraq | 21,731 (57) | 11 (11) | 6 (12.5) | 0.028e |
| Afghanistand | 5968 (16) | 17 (18) | 13 (27) | 0.22e | |
| Somaliad | 2413 (6) | 49 (51) | 20 (42) | 0.83e | |
| Syria | 1479 (4) | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 | |
| Other | 6493 (17) | 17 (18) | 9 (19) | NA | |
| Pulmonary TB | 71 (74) | 44 (91.7) | |||
| MDR-TB | 8 (8.3) | 4 (8.3) | |||
a For 53 (0.1%) asylum seekers, information on sex was missing
b For all asylum seekers, age at the time of immigration; for TB cases age at the time of diagnosis. Of all the asylum seekers, 190 (0,5%) had unknown age
c Origin is based on country of birth, and if not available, on nationality. Of all the asylum seekers, 50 (0,1%) had unknown origin
d Incidence rate > 50/100000 population in 2015–2016
e Aggregated data were used as denominator to calculate the yield by country of origin