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TABLE 26

TUBERCULOSIS MORTALITY 1961, 1967 AND 1973 TO 1977

Total Deatha

Year

from

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosia Death Rate per 100,000 populationf

Tuberculosis Deathe as

percentage of total registered deaths

Average Age at death from

+

Tuberculosia

TABLE 27

TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDHOOD 1961, 1967 AND 1973 TO 1977

Percentage" of newborna

Year

receiving

B.C.G.

Percentage of Tuberculosis deathe below 5 years

Percentage of Tuberculosis deaths under 1 year

Infantile Mortality from Tuberculosis (per 1,000

live births)

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

1974

1974

95.83

0.82

0.21

0.02

974

22.5

4.4

58.5

1975

646

14.7

1975

3.0

58.5

97.62

1.39

01

0.03

1976

568

12.8

$2.4

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

* Porcentage of newborns based on registered birth figures in 1961 and based on known birth figures since 1967