Comparison between country of birth and age at immigration/first clinic visit of children referred for tuberculosis medical surveillance and evaluated at The Hospital for Sick Children and those evaluated elsewhere in Ontario, November 2012 to June 2016
| Variable | No. (%) of children | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elsewhere n = 292* | Hospital for Sick Children n = 216 | ||
| Country of birth | |||
| Philippines | 236 (80.3) | 157 (72.7) | 0.04 |
| India | 26 (8.8) | 39 (13.4) | 0.1 |
| China | 8 (2.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0.02 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 (1.0) | 3 (1.4) | 0.7 |
| Nepal | 4 (1.4) | 2 (0.9) | 0.8 |
| Other | 15 (5.1) | 25 (11.6) | 0.02 |
| Age at immigration/first clinic visit, yr | |||
| ≤ 4 | 7 (2.4) | 13 (6.0) | 0.06 |
| 5–10 | 35 (11.9) | 114 (52.8) | < 0.001 |
| 11–17 | 250 (85.0) | 89 (41.2) | < 0.001 |
↵* Aggregate data from Public Health Ontario.