10.17037/DATA.00003534
Tuberculosis (TB) rates among migrants are higher than local rates in low-incidence countries. This study evaluated smear-positive, pulmonary TB notifications of foreign-born individuals, comparing time since arrival and time since last return travel to the country of origin. The dataset contains notification data that was routinely collected within the TB service at the Department of Respiratory Medicine at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust between 1996 and 2018 and audited to improve early diagnosis and access to health care.
| Variable name | Variable description | Answer code | Answer label | Variable type |
| id | Study ID | Numeric | ||
| tbdx | TB diagnosis. Required to run survival analysis | Numeric | ||
| 1 | Yes | |||
| sex | Biological sex | Numeric | ||
| 0 | Female | |||
| 1 | Male | |||
| agegp | Age group | Numeric | ||
| 1 | 16-25 | |||
| 2 | 26-35 | |||
| 3 | 36-45 | |||
| 4 | 46-55 | |||
| 5 | 56-65 | |||
| 6 | 66-75 | |||
| 7 | >75 years | |||
| time_a | Shortest possible time from entry into the UK to first contact with HCW leading to diagnosis (in days) | In days | Numeric | |
| time_b | Longest possible time from exit from high incidence area to first contact with HCW leading to diagnosis (in days) | In days | Numeric | |
| travel | Return travel to country of origin or another high incidence country since migration to the UK | Numeric | ||
| 0 | No | |||
| 1 | Yes | |||
| time_x | Shortest possible time from end of travel in a high incidence country to first contact with HCW leading to diagnosis (in days) | In days | Numeric | |
| time_y | Longest possible time from start of travel in a high incidence country to first contact with HCW leading to diagnosis | In days | Numeric | |
| time_z | Time from reported contact with TB | In days | Numeric | |
| contact | Reported contact with TB | Numeric | ||
| 0 | No | |||
| 1 | Yes | |||
| actscr | Identified as part of active case-screening | Numeric | ||
| 0 | No, active case-screening includes contact tracing, new entrant screening (port of health, via GP, or hospital-based), screening of hostels and related to HIV |