TABLE 27 TUBERCULOSIS MORTALITY 1961, 1975 AND 1981 TO 1985
Total Deaths
Year
from
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
Death Rate per 100 000
Population
Tuberculosis
Deaths as percentage of
total registared
deaths
TABLE 28 TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDHOOD 1961, 1975 AND 1981 TO 1985
Average Age
at death
from Tuberculosis
Year
Percentage* of newborns receiving BCG
Percentage of Tuberculosis Deaths under
5 years
Percentage of
Tuberculosis
Deaths under 1 year
Infantile Mortality
from Tuberculosis (per 1 000 births)
1961
1907
60.2
10.2
43.0
1961
77.77
11.48
2.62
0.46
1975
646
14.7
3.0
58.5
1975
97.62
1.39
0.31
0.03
1981
489
9.5
3.0
63.0
1981
99.53
0.41
1982
454
8.7
1.8
63.0
1982
98.94
0.22
1983
446
8.4
1.7
63.0
1983
99.41
0.45
1984
420
7.8
1.6
64.5
1984
99.91
0.24
0.24
0.01
1985
409
7.5
1.6
65.0
1985
99.44
* Percentage of newborns based on registered birth figures in
1961 and based on known birth figures since 1970.