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Table 1 Characteristics of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) patients

From: Clinically refined epidemiology of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease in South Korea: overestimation when relying only on diagnostic codes

Features

Diagnostic code-based NTM-PD

Clinically refined NTM-PD

Sex

  

Male

21,979 (36.6)

19,551 (43.1)

Female

38,092 (63.4)

25,770 (56.9)

Age group

  

–19

1685 (2.8)

471 (1.0)

20–29

3797 (6.3)

713 (1.6)

30–39

5136 (8.5)

1673 (3.7)

40–49

7536 (12.5)

4436 (9.8)

50–59

12,786 (21.3)

10,522 (23.2)

60–69

12,935 (21.5)

11,994 (26.5)

70–79

11,808 (19.7)

11,308 (25.0)

80–

4388 (7.3)

4204 (9.3)

Insurance type

  

Medical insurance

56,981 (94.9)

42,704 (94.2)

Medical aid

3018 (5.0)

2544 (5.6)

Veterans’ health care

72 (0.1)

73 (0.2)

Hospital type

  

Tertiary hospital

27,253 (45.4)

26,772 (59.1)

Secondary hospital

16,159 (26.9)

16,119 (35.6)

Hospital

1419 (2.4)

909 (2.0)

Nursing hospital

85 (0.1)

72 (0.2)

Clinic

14,998 (25.0)

1315 (2.9)

Public health center

157 (0.2)

134 (0.3)

Total

60,071

45,321