Table 5
Number of recent immigrants with post-landing tuberculosis-related hospitalization and incidence of first tuberculosis-related hospitalization since landing per 100,000 person-years at risk, by selected characteristics, immigrant cohorts from 2000 to 2013, Canada excluding Quebec and the territoriesTable 5 Note †, 2001/2002 to 2013/2014

Table 5
Number of recent immigrants with post-landing tuberculosis-related hospitalization and incidence of first tuberculosis-related hospitalization since landing per 100,000 person-years at risk, by selected characteristics, immigrant cohorts from 2000 to 2013, Canada excluding Quebec and the territories†, 2001/2002 to 2013/2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Number of recent immigrants with post-landing tuberculosis-related hospitalization and incidence of first tuberculosis-related hospitalization since landing per 100 First tuberculosis-related hospitalization after landing, number, Incidence adjusted for person-years and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
First tuberculosis-related hospitalization after landing
number Incidence adjusted for person-years 95% confidence interval
from to
All 1,015 5.2 4.8 5.5
Age at hospitalization
0 to 17 years 65 1.5 0.8 2.1
18 to 24 years 175 3.4 2.5 4.2
25 to 34 years 270 7.1 6.1 8.0
35 to 44 years 165 5.8 5.0 6.5
45 to 64 years 190 3.4 3.2 3.9
65 years and older 145 11.3 9.8 12.8
Sex
Male 535 5.6 5.1 6.1
Female 480 4.7 4.3 5.2
Landing year
2000 to 2003 415 4.5 4.1 5.0
2004 to 2008 410 5.3 4.8 5.8
2009 to 2013 195 6.8 5.9 7.8
Country risk levelTable 5 Note ‡
Low 30 0.6 0.3 0.8
High (WHO+IRCC-specific) 985 6.8 6.3 7.2
WHO 785 6.9 6.4 7.4
IRCC-specific 200 6.2 5.4 7.2
Top 12 source countries for tuberculosis hospitalizations in Canada
India 245 8.5 7.4 9.6
Philippines 175 10.6 9.1 12.4
China 70 2.1 1.6 2.7
Ethiopia 65 51.1 39.7 65.7
Pakistan 45 3.8 2.8 5.2
Somalia 45 42.8 31.3 58.5
Sri Lanka 30 7.4 5.1 10.6
Afghanistan 35 14.8 10.4 21.0
Viet Nam 30 17.5 12.1 25.1
Nepal 25 42.4 27.8 64.1
Sudan 30 24.3 16.5 35.7
Bangladesh 25 8.2 5.2 12.6
All others 205 2.2 1.9 2.5
Intended region of residence
Atlantic 20 4.7 2.9 7.5
Ontario 635 5.0 4.6 5.4
PrairiesTable 5 Note † 220 8.0 7.0 9.2
British Columbia 140 3.7 3.1 4.3
Immigrant category
Economic, principal applicants 140 3.1 2.6 3.6
Economic, spouse/children 175 2.5 2.1 2.9
Family 390 7.1 6.4 7.8
Refugee 290 13.5 12.0 15.2
Other/unknown/missing 20 5.6 3.5 8.9
Note †

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

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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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