Volume 11, Number 4—April 2005
Research
Tuberculosis Elimination in the Netherlands
Martien W. Borgdorff*†
, Marieke J van der Werf*, Petra E.W. de Haas‡, Kristin Kremer‡, and Dick van Soolingen‡
, Marieke J van der Werf*, Petra E.W. de Haas‡, Kristin Kremer‡, and Dick van Soolingen‡Table 2
Tuberculosis cases with new strains among the non-Dutch, 1995–2000, and their secondary cases within 2 years
| Cases with new strains | Cases with new strains being first of cluster, n (%) | Other cases in these clusters within
2 years of first case |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch | Non-Dutch | |||
| Year | ||||
| 1995 | 346 | 39 (11) | 19 | 68 |
| 1996 | 334 | 46 (14) | 21 | 70 |
| 1997 | 361 | 46 (13) | 19 | 52 |
| 1998 | 346 | 43 (12) | 20 | 72 |
| 1999 | 383 | 63 (16) | 29 | 77 |
| 2000 | 371 | 46 (12) | 19 | 61 |
| Age group | ||||
| <25 | 580 | 101 (17) | 51 | 151 |
| 25–34 | 783 | 98 (13) | 24 | 124 |
| 35–44 | 370 | 42 (11) | 33 | 78 |
| 45–54 | 171 | 18 (11) | 5 | 22 |
| 55–64 | 116 | 13 (11) | 9 | 15 |
| 65–74 | 88 | 6 (7) | 2 | 4 |
| >75 | 33 | 5 (15) | 3 | 6 |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 1,226 | 171 (14) | 82 | 264 |
| Female | 915 | 112 (12) | 45 | 136 |
| Total | 2,141 | 283 (13) | 127 | 400 |
