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Table 2 Active tuberculosis (TB) yield per 100,000 population among tested applicants compared to WHO country TB prevalence estimates per 100,000 population (reference year 2014), by country of nationality

From: Infectious disease testing of UK-bound refugees: a population-based, cross-sectional study

Country of nationality

Number screened (n)

Number of cases detected (%)

TB yield per 100,000 among tested applicants (95% CI)a

WHO country prevalence per 100,000 (95% CI), 2014 reference year [22]

Afghanistan

63

0

0

340 (178–555)

Democratic Republic of Congo

570

3 (0.53)

526 (170–1621)

532 (282–859)

Eritrea

59

0

0

123 (63–203)

Ethiopia

290

1 (0.34)

345 (48–2414)

200 (161–243)

Iran

15

0

0

33 (17–55)

Iraq

540

0

0

67 (35–111)

Palestine

28

0

0

N/A

Somalia

562

2 (0.36)

356 (89–1413)

491 (254–805)

South Sudan

40

0

0

319 (139–572)

Sudan

369

0

0

151 (67–267)

Syria

7195

3 (0.04)

41 (13–129)

19 (6.2–39)

Uganda

2

0

0

159 (87–253)

Other AFRb

8

0

0

 

Other EMRc

9

0

0

 

Other EURd

5

0

0

 

Othere

4

0

0

 

Total

9759

9 (0.09)

92 (48–177)

 
  1. aTB yield was calculated on adults aged > 15 for ethical reasons and consistency
  2. bOther AFR included Burundi, Congo, Rwanda, Cameroon, Nigeria
  3. cOther EMR included Jordan, Lebanon, Djibouti, Yemen, Pakistan
  4. dOther EUR included UK, St Helena, Switzerland, Turkey
  5. eOther included Solomon Islands, China, Taiwan or applicants with no nationality specified
  6. CI confidence interval