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Volume 30, Number 1—January 2024
Research

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Tuberculosis Incidence, Arkansas, USA, 2010–2021

Maheen Humayun, Leonard Mukasa, Wen Ye, Joseph H. Bates, and Zhenhua YangComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (M. Humayun, W. Ye, Z. Yang); Arkansas Department of Health, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA (L. Mukasa, J.H. Bates); University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA (L. Mukasa, J.H. Bates)

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Table 4

Age disparities in tuberculosis incidence across racial/ethnic groups, Arkansas, USA, 2010–2021*

Age group Risk ratio (95% CI)
Non-Hispanic White, no. cases = 305 Non-Hispanic Black, no. cases  = 244 Asian, no. cases  = 109 NHPI, no. cases  = 138 Hispanic, no. cases  = 124
0–14 y 0.05 (0.02–0.11) 0.18 (0.11–0.30) 0.09 (0.02–0.42) 0.87 (0.31–2.42) 0.08 (0.04–0.18)
15–24 y 0.07 (0.03–0.15) 0.33 (0.20–0.52) 0.92 (0.39–2.16) 0.68 (0.23–1.99) 0.21 (0.11–0.43)
25–44 y 0.22 (0.15–0.31) 0.50 (0.34–0.72) 1.27 (0.60–2.68) 0.68 (0.24–1.90) 0.37 (0.21–0.65)
45–64 y 0.50 (0.39–0.64) 0.72 (0.50–1.03) 1.51 (0.70–3.26) 1.29 (0.45–3.72) 0.44 (0.24–0.82)
>65 y Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent

*Risk ratio calculated by Poisson regression. NHPI, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander.

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