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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.