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Volume 22, Number 3—March 2016
Dispatch

Tuberculosis, Fiji, 2002–2013

Lorenzo PezzoliComments to Author , Shakti Gounder, Talatoka Tamani, Mary Raori Daulako, Frank Underwood, Sakiusa Mainawalala, Vasiti Nawadra-Taylor, Eric Rafai, and Laura Gillini
Author affiliations: Epidemiology Consultant, Suva, Fiji (L. Pezzoli); Ministry of Health, Suva (S. Gounder, T. Tamani, M.R. Daulako, F. Underwood, S. Mainawalala, E. Rafai, V. Nawadra-Taylor); World Health Organization, Suva (L. Gillini)

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Table 1

New tuberculosis cases, by year and type, Fiji, 2002–2012*

Year No. (%)
Total no., N = 1,890
EPTB PTB– PTB+
2002 38 (25.3) 38 (25.3) 74 (49.3) 150
2003 53 (29.6) 48 (26.8) 78 (43.6) 179
2004 31 (23.7) 38 (29.0) 62 (47.3) 131
2005 40 (30.3) 29 (22.0) 63 (47.7) 132
2006 18 (15.9) 22 (19.5) 73 (64.6) 113
2007 34 (36.6) 7 (7.5) 52 (55.9) 93
2008 19 (18.6) 5 (4.9) 78 (76.5) 102
2009 38 (26.8) 21 (14.8) 83 (58.5) 142
2010 45 (25.1) 45 (25.1) 89 (49.7) 179
2011 44 (20.7) 62 (29.1) 107 (50.2) 213
2012 40 (19.5) 54 (26.3) 111 (54.1) 205
2013 71 (28.3) 74 (29.5) 106 (42.2) 251

*EPTB, extrapulmonary tuberculosis; PTB, pulmonary tuberculosis; –, smear negative; +, smear positive.

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