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Volume 27, Number 6—June 2021
Research

Association between Birth Region and Time to Tuberculosis Diagnosis among Non–US-Born Persons in the United States

Amish TalwarComments to Author , Rongxia Li, and Adam J. Langer
Author affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Table 1

Median time to diagnosis of tuberculosis disease not attributed to recent transmission for non–US-born persons by region, United States, 2011–2018

Region No. (%) Unadjusted median time, mo (IQR) Adjusted median time, mo (95% CI)*
Male sex Female sex
Africa 2,900 (10.2)
Eastern Africa 1,618 (5.7) 61 (25–123) 185 (178–193) 175 (167–183)
Middle Africa 286 (1.0) 26 (11–55) 128 (116–146) 121 (108–136)
Northern Africa 125 (0.4) 62 (25–161) 177 (153–206) 166 (143–194)
Southern Africa 56 (0.2) 77 (28–150) 185 (156–229) 175 (146–215)
Western Africa
815 (2.9)
46 (15–124)
162 (152–174)
152 (142–164)
Americas 9,668 (34.1)
Caribbean 1,238 (4.4) 127 (45–273) 213 (202–225) 201 (190–212)
Central America 7,071 (24.9) 174 (74–338) 246 (242–250) 236 (229–242)
Northern America† 20 (0.1) 353 (176–713) 264 (223–336) 251 (210–321)
South America
1,339 (4.7)
141 (60–244)
230 (218–241)
216 (206–229)
Asia 14,973 (52.8)
Central Asia 45 (0.2) 60 (33–97) 187 (158–233) 177 (148–219)
Eastern Asia 2,921 (10.3) 210 (88–363) 277 (266–289) 263 (253–275)
South-eastern Asia 7,793 (27.5) 190 (74–325) 245 (241–248) 235 (229–240)
Southern Asia 4,023 (14.2) 76 (27–193) 210 (203–218) 198 (191–206)
Western Asia
191 (0.7)
83 (27–221)
212 (190–240)
200 (180–228)
Europe 660 (2.3)
Eastern Europe 328 (1.2) 178 (82–274) 236 (218–251) 222 (206–242)
Northern Europe 46 (0.2) 459 (222–619) 279 (240–343) 265 (228–327)
Southern Europe 221 (0.8) 220 (148–485) 245 (205–308) 236 (193–294)
Western Europe 65 (0.2) 524 (200–645) 276 (244–324) 262 (234–309)
Oceania 149 (0.5) 65 (22–164) 213 (179–262) 201 (168–250)

*Age at arrival fixed at 25–44 y, birth year fixed at 1940–1979.
†Excludes United States.

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