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Volume 8, Number 7—July 2002
Research

Persistent High Incidence of Tuberculosis in Immigrants in a Low-Incidence Country

Troels Lillebaek*Comments to Author , Åse B. Andersen†, Asger Dirksen‡, Else Smith*, Lene T. Skovgaard§, and Axel Kok-Jensen‡
Author affiliations: *Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark; †Rigshospitalet (National Hospital), Copenhagen, Denmark; ‡Gentofte University Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark; §University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark;

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Table 2

Somali immigrants in Denmark reported as having TB, 1995–1999, by year of arrival and diagnosis

Year Total arrivals Year of diagnosis (no./yr)
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Total
1991 and earlier 1,395 8 5 10 8 14 45
1992 842 7 10 7 7 13 44
1993 1,552 30 13 10 18 10 81
1994 1,491 24 22 19 22 20 107
1995 1,811 17 24 29 29 21 120
1996 2,794 - 28 58 31 27 144
1997 2,228 - - 21 34 19 74
1998 1,422 - - - 10 18 28
1999 1,321 - - - - 21 21
Unknown yr of arrival (%) 14 12 28 8 22 84 (11.2)
Total TBa (%) 100 114 182 167 185 748 (100.0)

aTotal number of Somali immigrants reported as having tuberculosis (TB).

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