Table 1

Number of people belonging to various tuberculosis (TB) risk groups attending the mobile X-ray unit in Romania and number of people screened with a chest X-ray

Risk-group populationAttendancesChest X-rays
n%N%
Prisoners354364307761
Homeless persons and/or problem drug users503948410
Roma population5891157911
Staff (mostly prison staff)*7421473315
General population13321303
Total55101005003100
  • *A new category ‘staff’ was made in the database on 10 October 2018. Before that date (prison) staff were also screened but recorded under prisoners, artificially lowering the TB prevalence rate among true prisoners.