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Table 1 Prevalence of self-reported Tuberculosis among adult men (aged 15–59 years) and women (aged 15–49 years) by selected demographic and socio-economic characteristics

From: Prevalence of self-reported tuberculosis, knowledge about tuberculosis transmission and its determinants among adults in India: results from a nation-wide cross-sectional household survey

 

Sample (N)

Number reporting TB

Prevalence per 1000 population

95% CIs

Age

≤25 years

72300

187

2.58

2.22, 2.96

26-40 years

84639

423

4.99

4.52, 5.47

>40 years

41815

305

7.29

6.48, 8.11

Gender

Male

72369

443

6.12

5.55, 6.69

Female

124385

472

3.79

3.45, 4.14

Type of residence

Urban

95160

353

3.71

3.32, 4.10

Rural

103594

562

5.43

4.98, 5.87

Education

No education

50465

411

8.14

7.36, 8.93

Primary

29230

160

5.47

4.63, 6.32

Secondary

94627

308

3.25

2.89, 3.62

Higher

24389

36

1.48

0.99, 1.96

Wealth Quintiles

Poorest

21162

119

5.62

4.62, 6.63

Poorer

27930

192

6.87

5.91, 78.4

Middle

38547

220

5.71

4.96, 6.46

Rich

49482

185

3.74

3.20, 4.28

Richest

61633

119

1.93

1.58, 2.28

Region of India

Northern India

31584

89

2.82

2.23, 3.40

North-eastern India

34776

233

6.70

5.84, 7.56

Central India

37987

199

5.24

4.51, 5.96

Western India

27707

126

4.55

3.76, 5.34

Eastern India

24606

146

5.93

4.97, 6.89

South India

42094

122

2.89

2.38, 3.41

  1. *all the comparison were statistically significant p < 0.01.