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CMAJ
CMAJ - April 20, 1999JAMC - le 20 avril 1999

Tuberculosis: 3. Epidemiology of the disease in Canada

Table 4: Top 10 countries of origin of foreign-born patients with TB, for cases reported in Canada, 1990–1995
Country of origin No. (and %) of cases
Vietnam 868   (13.5)
China 725   (11.3)
Philippines 651   (10.1)
India 599   (9.3)
Hong Kong 421   (6.6)
Somalia 405    (6.3)
Haiti 260    (4.0)
Ethiopia 187    (2.9)
Poland 137    (2.1)
United Kingdom 108    (1.7)
Total 4361 (67.8)
*Percentages relate to the total number (6421) of foreign-born patients with TB in Canada over the period 1990–1995.

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