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Tuberculosis: 5. Pediatric disease
| Table 2: Number of cases of extrapulmonary TB in Canadian children, 1990–1995 |
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Age group; no. of cases (and rate per 100 000 in age group) |
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| Year of diagnosis |
 4 yr |
5–14 yr |
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| 1990 |
14 |
(0.7) |
6 |
(0.1) |
| 1991 |
6 |
(0.3) |
8 |
(0.2) |
| 1992 |
9 |
(0.4) |
16 |
(0.4) |
| 1993 |
10 |
(0.5) |
17 |
(0.4) |
| 1994 |
7 |
(0.3) |
16 |
(0.4) |
| 1995 |
4 |
(0.2) |
9 |
(0.2) |
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| Total |
50 |
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72 |
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| Source: Health Canada data.1 |
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