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Tuberculosis: 5. Pediatric disease
| Table 1: Rate of tuberculosis (TB) by age group in Canada, 1975 to 1995* |
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Age group; rate, no. of cases per 100 000 population |
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| Year |
 4 yr |
5–14 yr |
All ages |
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| 1975 |
5.5 |
4.0 |
15.6 |
| 1980 |
4.5 |
3.1 |
11.2 |
| 1985 |
4.0 |
1.0 |
8.3 |
| 1990 |
7.0 |
1.7 |
7.2 |
| 1991 |
6.1 |
1.6 |
7.2 |
| 1992 |
5.5 |
2.2 |
7.4 |
| 1993 |
4.7 |
2.8 |
7.0 |
| 1994 |
4.6 |
2.5 |
7.1 |
| 1995 |
4.6 |
2.1 |
6.5 |
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| *Source: Statistics Canada and Health Canada data.1 |
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