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Table 3 Demographic characteristics of the enrolled population in China in 2013

From: Comparison of yield and relative costs of different screening algorithms for tuberculosis in active case-finding: a cross-section study

Variable

Number

Proportion(%)

All

299,610

100.00

Sex

 Male

150,461

50.2

 Female

149,149

49.8

Age group

 0 ~ 

51,537

17.2

 15 ~ 

32,312

10.8

 25 ~ 

40,259

13.4

 35 ~ 

48,363

16.1

 45 ~ 

47,675

15.9

 55 ~ 

45,195

15.1

 65 ~ 

21,685

7.2

 75 ~ 

10,658

3.6

 85 ~ 

19,26

0.6

Ethnicity

 Han

268,145

89.5

 Other

31,465

10.5

Occupation

 Unknown

13,757

4.6

 Child/Student

63,867

21.3

 Housework/Unemployment

17,627

5.9

 Teacher

3103

1.0

 Service provider

6132

2.1

 Health-care worker

1155

0.4

 General worker

37,639

12.6

 Farmer

104,926

35.0

 Migrant worker

8951

3.0

 Retirement

19,999

6.7

 Other

22,454

7.5

Marital status

 Married

190,635

63.6

 Single/divorced

99,173

33.1

 Unknown

9802

3.3

Education level

 Unknown,

10,491

3.5

 Illiterate or semi-illiterate,

37,016

12.4

 Elementary school,

77,294

25.8

 Secondary school,

146,082

48.8

 College and above

28,727

9.6

Previous TB case

 Yes

1595

0.5

 No

298,015

99.5

HIV/AIDS

 Yes

59

 < 0.1

 No

299,551

 > 99.9

Known diabetes

 Yes

5150

1.7

 No

294,460

98.3

Close contact

 Yes

378

0.1

 No

299,232

99.9

BMI level

  < 18.5

18,031

6.0

 18.5 ≤ BMI < 24.0

160,854

53.7

 24.0 ≤ BMI < 28.0

57,858

19.3

 BMI ≥ 28.0

11,457

3.8

 Unknown

51,410

17.2

Tobacco use

 Never smoke

196,412

65.6

 Prior smoker

4948

1.7

 Current smoker

46,854

15.6

 Unknown

51,396

17.2

Drinking habit

 Never drink

197,481

65.9

 Prior alcohol user

5,107

1.7

 Current alcohol user

45,348

15.1

 Unknown

51,674

17.3

Chronic bronchitis

 Yes

3381

1.1

 No

244,041

81.5

 Unknown

52,188

17.42

Pneumoconiosis

 Yes

178

 < 0.1

 No

247,993

82.8

 Unknown

51,439

17.2

Average family annual income per capita*

 Higher than average

91,203

33.0

 Lower than average

185,220

67.0

Average family living area per capita*

 Higher than average

105,812

38.2

 Lower than average

171,007

61.8

  1. Note: * Missing values existed