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Table 1 Force of infection (per-susceptible rate of infection) attributable to each population

From: Small contribution of gold mines to the ongoing tuberculosis epidemic in South Africa: a modeling-based study

 

From mining residents

From peri-mining residents

From labor-sending residents

From other SA residents

From all residents

Among mining residents

2.00 × 10−1

(94.0%)

4.41 × 10−3

(2.1%)

6.98 × 10−3

(3.3%)

1.32 × 10−3

(0.6%)

2.12 × 10−1

(100%)

Among peri-mining residents

2.48 × 10−3

(5.8%)

3.90 × 10−2

(91.5%)

5.73 × 10−4

(1.3%)

5.93 × 10−4

(1.4%)

4.27 × 10−2

(100%)

Among labor-sending residents

2.09 × 10−3

(3.6%)

3.04 × 10−4

(0.5%)

5.52 × 10−2

(94.7%)

6.88 × 10−4

(1.2%)

5.83 × 10−2

(100%)

Among other SA residents

3.88 × 10−5

(0.1%)

3.15 × 10−4

(0.2%)

6.80 × 10−5

(0.2%)

3.45 × 10−2

(98.8%)

3.51 × 10−2

(100%)

  1. Per-annum rate and percentage of total from all groups using mean of Monte Carlo simulations from the spreadsheet model