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Table 2 New infections in all South Africa attributable to each population

From: Small contribution of gold mines to the ongoing tuberculosis epidemic in South Africa: a modeling-based study

 

From mining residents

From peri-mining residents

From labor-sending residents

From other SA residents

From all residents

New infections among all SA residents

6.25 × 104

(4.1%)

7.77 × 104

(5.0%)

1.38 × 105

(9.0%)

1.26 × 106

(81.9%)

1.54 × 106

(100%)

Population size of attributable source

4.85 × 105

(0.9%)

2.14 × 106

(4.1%)

3.35 × 106

(6.5%)

4.58 × 107

(88.4%)

5.18 × 106

(100%)

Ratio of new infection %:population %

4.33

1.22

1.39

0.93

1.00

Prevalence est. in attributable source

1.04 × 104

(2.5%)

1.84 × 104

(4.4%)

3.47 × 104

(8.4%)

3.52 × 105

(84.7%)

4.15 × 105

(100%)

Ratio of new infection %:prevalence %

1.62

1.14

1.07

0.97

1.00

  1. Number of cases and percentage of total; ratio of percentage of total infections to percentage of total population that each group represents; and ratio of percentage of total infections to percentage of total prevalence that each group represents, using mean of Monte Carlo simulations from the static risk model