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 3
Dutch tuberculosis cases attributed to recent transmission and diagnosed within 2 years of the start of clusters
| First case of cluster |
||
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | Non-Dutch (% non-Dutch first case) | |
| Year | ||
| 1995 | 16 | 3 (16) |
| 1996 | 40 | 19 (32) |
| 1997 | 42 | 22 (34) |
| 1998 | 32 | 18 (36) |
| 1999 | 34 | 27 (44) |
| 2000 | 27 | 23 (46) |
| 2001 | 19 | 9 (32) |
| 2002 | 6 | 6 (50) |
| Age group | ||
| <25 | 29 | 43 (60) |
| 25–34 | 46 | 32 (41) |
| 35–44 | 32 | 16 (33) |
| 45–54 | 27 | 12 (31) |
| 55–64 | 24 | 9 (27) |
| 65–74 | 34 | 10 (23) |
| >75 | 24 | 5 (17) |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 124 | 80 (39) |
| Female | 92 | 47 (34) |
| Total | 216 | 127 (37) |
