- Yearly trends of demographic characteristics of incident tuberculosis cases in Saudi Arabia between 2015-2019.
| Parameters | Total (N=15662) | 2015 (n=3345) | 2016 (n=2993) | 2017 (n=2962) | 2018 (n=3359) | 2019 (n=3003) | P-values* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean±SD† | 40.12±17.58 | 41.43±17.15 | 40.70±17.38 | 39.92±17.41 | 39.68±18.12 | 38.77±17.70 | <0.001 |
| Gender | |||||||
| Male | 10881 (69.5) | 2309 (69.0) | 2007 (67.1) | 2049 (69.2) | 2363 (70.3) | 2153 (71.7) | 0.002 |
| Female | 4781 (30.5) | 1036 (31.0) | 986 (32.9) | 913 (30.8) | 996 (29.7) | 850 (28.3) | |
| Nationality | |||||||
| Saudi | 7765 (49.6) | 1524 (45.6) | 1447 (48.3) | 1456 (49.2) | 1708 (50.8) | 1630 (54.3) | <0.001 |
| Non-Saudi | 7897 (50.4) | 1821 (54.4) | 1546 (51.7) | 1506 (50.8) | 1651 (49.2) | 1373 (45.7) | |
Values are presented as numbers and precentages (%).
SD: standard deviation
↵† Post hoc analysis (Tukey’s HSD test): pairwise significant differences are 2015 vs. 2017 (p=0.005), 2015 vs. 2017 (p<0.001), 2015 vs. 2018 (p<0.001), 2015 vs. 2019 (p<0.001), and 2016 vs. 2019 (p<0.001).
↵* Statistically significant difference between the years (p<0.05). OneWay ANOVA test was used for age and Chi-square test was used for gender and nationality.