Table 4

Estimated number of cases of pulmonary tuberculosis attributable to diabetes and population attributable fraction (PAF) for white, black and Asian ethnic groups in England, 2005

AgeMenWomen
Diabetes attributable casesDiabetes attributable cases
NEstimateRange*PAF %NEstimateRange*PAF %
White
15–24451.00.0–6.22.1311.10.0–6.53.5
25–34794.02.7–5.95.1653.32.2–4.95.1
35–4413410.07.2–13.77.5604.02.9–5.56.7
45–6424417.210.9–24.37.0906.64.2–9.47.4
65+26721.22.8–45.47.915017.32.4–35.411.5
Total76953.423.6–95.66.9 (3.1 to 12.4)*39632.311.7–61.78.2 (3.0 to 15.6)*
Black
15–241262.70.1–17.52.11273.20.1–20.42.5
25–3420510.36.8–15.15.01987.75.0–11.33.9
35–4416619.914.5–26.712.010418.613.8–24.417.9
45–64657.54.9–10.511.6429.76.5–12.823.0
65+172.60.4–5.115.4214.40.7–8.120.8
Total57943.126.6–74.97.4 (4.6 to 12.9)*49243.626.2–77.08.9 (5.3 to 15.6)*
Asian
15–241539.10.3–48.85.91306.50.2–36.65.0
25–3421952.937.3–70.824.215526.017.8–36.016.8
35–448321.316.2–27.125.7528.66.3–11.316.4
45–6412727.218.3–36.221.48715.610.3–21.017.9
65+11526.44.1–47.622.910418.32.7–35.017.6
Total697136.976.2–230.519.6 (10.9 to 33.1)*52875.037.3–139.914.2 (7.1 to 26.5)*
  • * Based on the age-specific 95% CIs shown in table 3.