Table 2

Number of patients with tuberculosis and rate of disease by place of birth, year of entry to the UK, and ethnic group in England and Wales, 1998

Ethnic group		UK born			Born abroad (total)			Born abroad (recent entrants)^2-150			Born abroad (longer residents)^2-160			Born abroad (year of entry unknown)^2-151		Unknown/ missing place of birth		Total
Ethnic group		No	Rate^2-164	95% CI		No	Rate^2-151	95% CI		No	Rate^2-151	95% CI		Born abroad (year of entry unknown)^2-151		Unknown/ missing place of birth		Total		No	Rate^2-151	95% CI
White	1784	3.89	3.86 to 3.91		219	9.85	9.61 to 10.1		55	12.6	11.9 to 13.4		79	4.42	4.30 to 4.54		85	105	2108
ISC	373	44.8	43.0 to 46.7		1656	177	170 to 184		411	359	323 to 404		875	106	102 to 111		370	112	2141
Black African	40	28.7	26.1 to 31.9		657	308	285 to 335		277	431	375 to 505		209	140	128 to 155		171	46	743
Black Caribbean	56	20.4	19.1 to 22.0		59	20.6	19.3 to 22.2		2	16.3	12.2 to 24.7		41	21.9	20.1 to 23.9		16	10	125
Other	55	9.50	9.1 to 10.0		362	82.1	77.8 to 87.0		143	114	103 to 128		131	41.5	38.9 to 44.5		88	47	464
Missing ethnic group					6				3								3	71	77
Total	2308	4.83	4.81 to 4.86		2959	73.6	72.3 to 75.0		891	118	114 to 124		1335	40.9	40.0 to 41.7		733	391	5658

↵2-150 Arrived in the UK from 1994 to 1998.
↵2-160 Arrived in the UK prior to 1994.
↵2-151 High numbers of patients born abroad with unknown year of entry for some ethnic groups means that some rates for either recent entry or longer resident categories may be higher than stated.
↵2-164 Rate per 100 000 population.
Source of population data: 1998 Labour Force Survey.