TABLE 28 TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDHOOD 1961, 1978 AND 1984 TO 1988
TABLE 29
TUBERCULOSIS NOTIFICATIONS 1961, 1978 AND 1984 TO 1988
Tear
Percentage+ of newborns receiving
BCG
Percentage of Tuberculosis Deaths under
5 years
Percentage of Tuberculosis Deaths under
Infantile Mortality
from
Tuberculosis
Year
Government
Chest Clinics
Other Government Institutions
Tung Wah
Group Hospitals
Other Non- Government
Institutions
& Private Sources
Total
Notification Rate per 100 000 population
1 year
(per 1 000
births)
1961
8 957
2 056
947
624
12 584
397.21
1961
77.77
11.48
2.62
0.46
1978
3 897
556
244
1 926
6 623
141.90
1978
98.14
0.48
0.24
0.01
1984
5 196
506
319
1 $22
7 843
145.30
1984
99.68
0.24
0.24
0.01
1985
5 118
432
394
1 601
7 545
138.28
1985
99.75
1986
5 096
577
254
1 505
7 432
134.33
1986
99.85
1987
4 754
493
309
1 713
7 269
129.49
1987
99.81
1988
4 625
464
274
1 658
7 021
123.58
1988
99.90
0.52
0.26
0.01
* Percentage of newborns based on registered birth figures in
1961 and based on known birth figures since 1970.