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Table 3 Comparison of TB incidence among foreign laborers and Taiwanese, stratified by gender, 2004 to 2013

From: Tuberculosis among migrant workers in Taiwan

 

Tuberculosis cases

Average incidencea

Hazard ratio

P value

All

 Taiwan

140384

61.1

1.00

 

 All migrant workers

2255

58.4

0.97(0.93–1.01)

0.1846

  Indonesia

786

60.1

1.00 (0.93–1.07)

0.9173

  Philippines

606

76.4

1.22 (1.15–1.30)

<.0001

  Thailand

514

61.2

0.98 (0.89–1.07)

0.6003

  Vietnam

348

39.8

0.57 (0.47–0.68)

<.0001

Male

 Taiwan

95777

82.4

1.00

 

 All migrant workers

963

65

0.76 (0.70–0.83)

<.0001

  Indonesia

180

98.8

1.18 (1.03–1.33)

0.0152

  Philippines

199

69.6

0.83 (0.69–0.97)

0.0170

  Thailand

407

61.8

0.71 (0.61–0.81)

<.0001

  Vietnam

176

49.7

0.50 (0.35–0.64)

<.0001

Female

 Taiwan

42643

37.3

1.00

 

 All migrant workers

1292

55.9

1.40 (1.35–1.46)

<.0001

  Indonesia

606

55.2

1.39 (1.31–1.47)

<.0001

  Philippines

407

71.9

1.66 (1.56–1.75)

<.0001

  Thailand

107

83.4

1.80 (1.62–1.99)

<.0001

  Vietnam

172

33.1

0.88 (0.73–1.03)

0.1145

  1. aAverage Incidence was represented with annual cases per 105 persons in 10 years average
  2. Poisson regression model was applied to test the differences among each group