Table 1

Characteristics of incident pulmonary tuberculosis cases in 2007, 2008 and 2009

	2007		2008			2009
Variables	n	Percentage	n	Percentage	p Value (2007 vs 2008)	n	Percentage	p Value (2008 vs 2009)
Total number of subjects	1172	100.0	1083	100.0		1151	100.0
Sex
Male	890	75.9	814	75.2	0.67	826	71.8	0.07
Female	282	24.1	269	24.8		325	28.2
Age
<65	642	54.8	595	54.9	0.94	623	54.1	0.70
≥65	530	45.2	488	45.1		528	45.9
Registry
Homeless	156	13.3	143	13.2	0.94	118	10.3	0.03
Non-homeless	1016	86.7	940	86.8		1033	89.7
Job
Unemployed	851	72.6	757	69.9	0.15	812	70.5	0.74
Employed	321	27.4	326	30.1		339	29.5
Health insurance
Non-subscriber	385	32.8	362	33.4	0.77	373	32.4	0.61
Subscriber	787	67.2	721	66.6		778	67.6
Type of examination
Health examination	123	10.5	108	10.0	0.69	168	14.6	0.002
Clinical examination	950	81.1	882	81.4		920	79.9
Others	99	8.4	93	8.6		63	5.5