Skip to main content

Table 2 The age, and occupation distributions of tuberculosis cases in the four central districts

From: Specific urban units identified in tuberculosis epidemic using a geographical detector in Guangzhou, China

Occupation

Guangzhou City

Four central region

No. of cases

Proportion, %†

No. of cases

Proportion, %†

Proportion, %‡

Household and unemployment

4,176

29.6

1,428

33.1

34.2

Farmer

2,322

16.5

98

2.3

4.2

Retired

1,675

11.9

1,030

23.9

61.5

Worker

1,333

9.5

276

6.4

20.7

Business service

1,155

8.2

652

15.1

56.5

Unknown

1,122

8.0

182

4.2

16.2

Labor

627

4.4

26

0.6

4.2

Others

822

5.8

242

5.6

29.4

Student

491

3.5

212

4.9

43.2

Cadre

246

1.7

105

2.4

42.7

Catering service

131

0.9

62

1.4

47.3

 

14,100

100.0

4,313

100.0

30.6*

Age, years

     

0–18

380

2.7

125

2.9

32.9

19–45

6,751

47.9

1,933

44.8

28.6

46–60

3,519

25.0

1,066

24.7

30.3

 > 60

3,450

24.4

1,189

27.6

34.5

 

14,100

100.0

4,313

100.0

30.6*

Gender

     

Male

9,967

70.7

2,976

69.0

29.9

Female

4,133

29.3

1,337

31.0

32.4

 

1,4100

100.0

4,313

100.0

30.6*

  1. Among the occupations, other occupations include teachers, fishermen, herders, etc., with less than 100 cases in the whole Guangzhou city. † Means the number of cases with this attribute as a percentage of the total number of cases in the study area. ‡ Represents the proportion of cases in the study area to the number of cases in the corresponding occupation or age group in Guangzhou. 30.6* Means the number of cases in the study area as a percentage of the total number of cases in the Guangzhou city