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Tuberculosis: 3. Epidemiology of the disease in Canada
| Table 2: Anatomic site of disease and ethnic origin of patients for cases of TB reported in Canada in 1995 |
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| Anatomic site |
Ethnic origin; no. (and %) of cases |
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Status
Indian |
Foreign-
born |
Other
Canadian* |
Unknown |
Total |
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| Respiratory† |
230 |
(87) |
743 |
(67) |
444 |
(87) |
31 |
(79) |
1448 |
(75) |
| Nonrespiratory |
34 |
(13) |
370 |
(33) |
66 |
(13) |
6 |
(15) |
476 |
(25) |
| Unknown |
0 |
(0) |
3 |
(<1) |
1 |
(<1) |
2 |
(5) |
6 |
(<1) |
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| Total |
264 |
(100) |
1116 |
(100) |
511 |
(100) |
39 |
(100) |
1930 |
(100) |
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*Includes non-status Indians, Métis and Inuit.
†Includes pulmonary, miliary, pleural, primary and "other" respiratory TB. Patients with both respiratory and nonrespiratory disease (65 patients [3.4%]) were counted as having respiratory disease. |
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