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. 2018 Jun 20;146(12):1511–1518. doi: 10.1017/S095026881800167X

Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of study population

Characteristic >4 months DD Total
n % n
Sex
Female 3440 36.8 9357
Male 4172 31.9 13 065
Age (year)
0–14 118 15.1 780
15–44 4432 32.6 13 614
45–64 1927 38.0 5074
65+ 1135 38.4 2954
Country of birth
UK 2014 34.6 5824
India 1453 31.5 4612
Pakistan 1108 37.8 2930
Somalia 283 32.0 885
Bangladesh 280 37.0 757
Nepal 172 29.8 577
Nigeria 164 34.9 470
Zimbabwe 126 32.4 389
Philippines 159 40.1 397
Kenya 95 37.0 257
Other 1597 33.2 4807
Time since entry for foreign-born cases (year)
0–1 607 25.3 2403
2–4 1051 31.9 3294
5–9 1167 34.4 3390
10+ 2441 38.6 6329
Site of disease
Extra-pulmonary only 4277 40.4 10 594
Pulmonary (with or without extra-pulmonary) 3318 28.2 11 779
Previous diagnosis
No 7004 34.3 24 809
Yes 458 32.7 1660
Social risk factors
No risk factors 6347 34.5 18 388
At least 1 risk factor 589 30.7 1920
Drug misuse
No 7058 34.2 20 653
Yes 230 32.0 718
Alcohol misuse
No 7056 34.4 20 542
Yes 192 27.7 694
Homeless
No 7079 34.2 20 711
Yes 196 28.2 695
Prison
No 6916 34.1 20 293
yes 242 35.2 688
PHEC
East Midlands 510 37.0 1380
East of England 541 38.7 1397
London 2585 30.0 8623
North East 158 30.2 523
North West 763 35.0 2182
South East 994 40.2 2475
South West 359 34.7 1034
West Midlands 1089 35.9 3038
Yorkshire and Humber 613 34.6 1770