Research Article

Is Universal Screening Necessary? Incidence of Tuberculosis among Tibetan Refugees Arriving in Calgary, Alberta

Table 1

Demographic information ().

Characteristic (%) or mean (SD)

Male gender88 (49%)
Age at arrival, years26.52 (11.09)
Confirmed refugee camp residence115 (64%)
History of TB13 (7.2%)
History of extrapulmonary TB2 (1.1%)
History of NTM infection1 (0.5%)
Family history of TB5 (2.8%)
Smoker18 (10%)
Previous smoker8 (4.4%)