TABLE 26.
TUBERCULOSIS MORTALITY 1961, 1967 AND 1973 TO 1977
Total Deaths
Year
from
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis Death Rate per 100,000 population
Tuberculosim Deathe as
percentage of total registered deatha
TABLE 27
TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDHOOD 1961, 1967 AND 1973 TO 1977
Fercentage"
of newborns
Year
receiving
B.C.G.
Average Age
at death
from
Tuberculosis
Percentage of Tuberculosis deaths below 5 years
Percentage of Tuberculosis deaths under 1 year
Infantile
Mortality from Tuberculosis (per 1,000
live birthe)
1961
77.77
11.48
2.62
0.46
1961
1,907
60.2
10.2
43
1967
95.38
2.01
0.33
0.07
1967
1,493
40.1
7.6
54.5
1973
94.38
0.35
0.07
0.01
1973
1.154
27.4
5.4
BB
58
A
1974
95.83
0.82
0.21
0.02
1974
974
22.5
58.5
1975
646
1975
14.7
97.62
1.39
051
0.03
3.0
58.5
1976
568
12.8
22.4
59.5
1976
97.87
0.70
1977
532
11.8
2.3
61
1977
98.01
0.38
# Rates for the years 1973 to 1977, based on
revised population estimates after 1976 By-census
* Percentage of newborns based on registered birth figures in 1961 and based on known birth figures since 1967