Table 4
New immigrants with at least one tuberculosis-related acute care hospitalization from 2001/2002 to 2013/2014, overall and individuals with first hospitalization before immigration landing, by selected characteristics, immigrant cohorts from 2000 to 2013, Canada excluding Quebec and the territoriesTable 4 Note †

Table 4
New immigrants with at least one tuberculosis-related acute care hospitalization from 2001/2002 to 2013/2014, overall and individuals with first hospitalization before immigration landing, by selected characteristics, immigrant cohorts from 2000 to 2013, Canada excluding Quebec and the territories†
Table summary
This table displays the results of New immigrants with at least one tuberculosis-related acute care hospitalization from 2001/2002 to 2013/2014 Overall and Pre-landing (appearing as column headers).
Overall Pre-landingTable 4 Note ‡
Total (number) 1,120 110
% 100 9.6
Table 4 (continued)
New immigrants with at least one tuberculosis-related acute care hospitalization from 2001/2002 to 2013/2014, overall and individuals with first hospitalization before immigration landing, by selected characteristics, immigrant cohorts from 2000 to 2013, Canada excluding Quebec and the territories†
Table summary
This table displays the results of New immigrants with at least one tuberculosis-related acute care hospitalization from 2001/2002 to 2013/2014 Total number and Pre-landing tuberculosis-related hospitalization, calculated using number and % units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Total number Pre-landing tuberculosis-related hospitalization
number %
Age at hospitalization
0 to 17 years 75 5 8.2
18 to 24 years 190 15 8.9
25 to 34 years 315 45 14.2
35 to 44 years 190 25 13.0
45 to 64 years 195 5 3.1
65 years and older 155 10 5.9
Sex
Male 590 55 9.2
Female 535 55 10.1
Landing year
2000 to 2003 420 5 1.4
2004 to 2008 460 50 11.3
2009 to 2013 245 50 20.5
Country risk levelTable 4 Note §
Low 35 5 14.3
High (WHO+IRCC-specific) 1,085 105 9.5
WHO 860 75 8.6
IRCC-specific 230 30 12.7
Top 12 source countries for tuberculosis hospitalizations in Canada
India 250 5 2.8
Philippines 190 15 9.0
China 80 10 12.8
Ethiopia 70 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Pakistan 50 5 9.8
Somalia 50 5 12.2
Sri Lanka 35 5 13.9
Afghanistan 35 0 0.0
Viet Nam 30 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Nepal 30 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Sudan 30 0 0.0
Bangladesh 25 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
All others 250 45 18.7
Intended region of residence
Atlantic 20 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Ontario 705 70 10.1
PrairiesTable 4 Note † 245 25 10.2
British Columbia 150 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Immigrant category
Economic, principal applicants 175 30 18.4
Economic, spouse/children 180 10 4.4
Family 405 15 3.2
Refugee 330 40 12.7
Other/unknown/missing 30 15 40.6
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Note †

The Manitoba landing cohort includes only individuals who landed after March 2004, when hospital data were made available.

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Note ‡

Pre-landing is defined as hospitalizations occurring before the month of immigration landing as recorded in the IMDB.

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Note §

The country risk level is based on the IRCC list (Appendix 1).

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Notes: Subtotals may not add up to the total because of rounding. WHO stands for World Health Organization. IRCC stands for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. IMDB stands for Longitudinal Immigration Database. DAD stands for Discharge Abstract Database.
Source: 2000-to-2013 IMDB–DAD linked database.

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