NSW Tuberculosis Surveillance Report 2023: Overseas-born cases

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  1. Residency status of overseas-born tuberculosis cases at diagnosis in NSW, 2023
  2. Years spent in Australia prior to diagnosis, overseas-born cases in NSW, 2023
  3. Reported risk factors for tuberculosis among overseas-born cases in NSW, 2023

Residency status of overseas-born tuberculosis cases at diagnosis in NSW, 2023

Visa statusNumber of casesPercentage
Permanent overseas-born Australian resident/citizen22146%
Temporary overseas student11223%
Temporary visitor/tourist306%
Temporary asylum seeker/humanitarian visa holder92%
Other visa10021%
Unknown61%
Total478100%

Cumulative proportion of NSW overseas-born cases by years lived in Australia prior to diagnosis, 2023

​Almost 30% of cases had spent less than 3 years in Australia prior to diagnosis.​

 

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Reported risk factors for tuberculosis1 among overseas-born cases in NSW, 2023

Risk factorsNumber of casesPercentage
Born in a high-risk country245996%
Immunosuppressive condition6814%
Household or close contact of TB6113%
Previous history of TB4610%
Ever resided in a high-risk country (excluding country of birth)2449%
Ever worked in healthcare286%
Immunosuppressive medication265%
Ever resided in a correctional facility1<1%
Ever homeless1<1%
Ever resided in an institution1<1%
Other71%
Risk not able to be determined71%

Notes

  1. Multiple risk factors can be recorded.
  2. High-risk country is those defined as countries with a TB incidence >40 cases per 100,000 population per year. For a current list of high-risk countries, see List of countries where tuberculosis (TB) is common.
  3. Data for this report was extracted from Notifiable Conditions Records for Epidemiology and Surveillance, NSW Ministry of Health on 24 September 2024.

Australian-born cases2023 report Clinical presentation

Current as at: Thursday 19 December 2024
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