Demographic and clinical characteristics of 274 TB cases in New Zealand children, 1992–2001
| Number* | %† | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| *The denominator is 274 unless otherwise stated; †rounding and allowance for multiple ethnicity results in some total percentages not equalling 100. | |||
| Age (years) | |||
| 0–4.9 | 114 | 42 | |
| 5–9.9 | 68 | 25 | |
| 10–15.9 | 92 | 34 | |
| Median (range) | 6.4 (0.2–15.9) | ||
| Gender (male) | 139 | 51 | |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Pacific Island | 109 | 40 | |
| Maori | 82 | 30 | |
| African | 40 | 15 | |
| European | 23 | 8 | |
| Asian | 23 | 8 | |
| Other/missing | 6 | 2 | |
| Non-NZ born | 72/260 | 28 | |
| Source case | |||
| Identified source case | 190 | 69 | |
| Household source case | 94 | 34 | |
| Site of disease | |||
| Pulmonary only | 221 | 81 | |
| Extrapulmonary±pulmonary | 53 | 19 | |
| Symptomatic | 148 | 54 | |
| Physical findings (positive) | |||
| Pulmonary TB | 70 | 28 | |
| Extrapulmonary TB | 51 | 96 | |
| BCG scar | 67/136 | 49 | |