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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.