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TABLE 29 TUBERCULOSIS NOTIFICATIONS 1961, 1975 AND 1981 TO 1985

Year

Government

Chest

Clinica

Other Government Institutions

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Total attendances

763 420

Other Non-

Tung Wah

Group Hospitals

Government

Institutions

& Private Sources

Total

Notification

Rate per 100 000 population

Total patients attending (old & new)

99 178

Number of new patients

54 505

Classification of new patients

#

T] NSD & Unknown

Diseases other than tuberculosis

Non-respiratory tuberculosis

a) Meninges

b) Bones and joints

c) Others

Respiratory tuberculosis

a) Not active and unknown activity

b) Active

1961

8 957

2 056

947

624

12 584

397.21

II)

1975

4 886

583

254

2 469

8 192

186.35

III)

1981

4 936

472

128

1 993

7 729

149.96

1982

4 663

594

314

1 956

7 527

143.84

1983

4 509

634

385

1 773

7 301

137.41

IV)

1984

5 196

506

319

1 822

7 843

146.22

1985

S 118

432

394

1 601

7 545

139.13

8(0.01)

112(0.21)

356 (0.65)

1)

By bacteriology and extent

Negative Al

2 274(4.17)

A2

A3

Positive Bl

B2

499 (0.92)

73(0.13)

1 250(2.29)

938(1.72)

113

Incomplete 01

02

03

415(0.76)

129(0.24)

42(0.08)

9(0.02)

ii) By previous history and treatment

No previous history of tuberculosis

Previously diagnosed, no treatment

Previously diagnosed, with treatment

Previous history not known

Total with examination completed

4 932(9.05)

14(0.03)

571 (1.04)

112(0.21)

Note: Figures in brackets denote percent of total new patients

# Nil of significance detected

30 876 (56.64)

10 720 (19.67)

476 (0.87)

6 282 (11.53)

S 629 (10.33)

53 983 (99.04)