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TABLE 27

TUBERCULOSIS MORTALITY 1961, 1977 AND 1983 TO 1987

TABLE 28 TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDHOOD 1961, 1977 AND 1983 TO 1987

Total Deaths

Year

from Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis

Death Rate per 100 000 Population

Tuberculosis

Deaths as percentage of

total

registered

deaths

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 Hortality

from Tuberculosis (per 1 000

births)

1961

1 907

60.2

10.2

43.0

1961

77.77

11.48

2.62

0.46

1977

532

11.6

2.3

61.0

1977

97.84

0.38

1983

446

8.3

1.7

63.0

1983

99.48

0.45

1984

420

7.8

1.6

64.5

1984

99.68

0.24

0.24

0.01

1985

409

7.5

1.6

65.0

1985

99.75

1986

407

7.4

1.6

69.0

1986

99.85

1987

405

7.2

1.5

69.0

1987

99.81

* Percentage of newborns based on registered birth figures in

1961 and based on known birth figures since 1970.