Tuberculosis in Canada 2006
Pre-Release

• Introduction
• Highlights
• Acknowledgements
• Tables
• How to reach us

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Introduction

To facilitate an earlier release of Canadian tuberculosis (TB) data, the following tables have been extracted from the Canadian Tuberculosis Reporting System (CTBRS) for the year 2006. Data included in this pre-release report should be considered provisional until publication of the full report, Tuberculosis in Canada 2006.

Highlights

In 2006, 1,621 cases (5.0 per 100,000 population) of new active and relapsed TB were reported to the CTBRS. The highest rate of 155.9 per 100,000 population was reported in Nunavut. There were no TB cases reported from Prince Edward Island for 2006. The three most populous provinces (British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec), which collectively made up 76% of Canada’s population in 2006, accounted for 73% of the total number of reported cases (Table 1).

Individuals between the ages for 35 and 44 years made up the largest number of reported cases, accounting for 17% of the total (Table 2). TB among foreign-born individuals accounted for 64% of all reported cases in Canada. Canadian-born non-Aboriginal and Canadian-born Aboriginal cases made up 12% and 20%, respectively (Table 3).

Pulmonary TB, defined as tuberculosis of the lungs and conducting airways, was the most frequently reported main diagnostic site, representing 62% of all reported cases in 2006 (Table 4). TB of the peripheral lymph nodes accounted for 15% of all cases and was the second most commonly reported diagnostic site.

Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge the members of the Canadian Tuberculosis Committee and the Provincial and Territorial Tuberculosis Programs for their contribution and participation in the Canadian Tuberculosis Reporting System:

Alberta Health and Wellness Disease Control and Prevention Branch	Department of Health and Social Services Government of Northwest Territories
Division of Tuberculosis Control British Columbia Centre for Disease Control	Department of Health and Social Services Government of Northwest Territories
Manitoba Tuberculosis Control Program	Department of Health and Social Services Yukon
Department of Health and Wellness New Brunswick	Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada
Department of Health and Community Services Newfoundland and Labrador	Canadian Lung Association
Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health Nova Scotia Department of Health	Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network
Department of Health & Social Services Government of Nunavut	Canadian Thoracic Society
Vaccine Preventable Diseases and TB Control Unit Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care	Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Department of Health and Social Services Prince Edward Island	First Nations and Inuit Health Branch Health Canada
Direction de la Protection de la Santé Publique Ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux, Quebec	National Microbiology Laboratory Public Health Agency of Canada
Tuberculosis Control Program Saskatchewan Health	Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Public Health Agency of Canada

Tables

Table 1
Reported new active and relapsed tuberculosis cases and incidence rate per 100,000 – Canada and provinces/territories: 1996-2006

Table 2
Reported new active and relapsed tuberculosis cases and incidence rate per 100,000 by age group – Canada: 1996-2006

Table 3
Reported new active and relapsed tuberculosis cases by origin – Canada and provinces/territories: 2006

Table 4
Reported new active and relapsed tuberculosis cases and incidence rate per 100,000 by main diagnostic site - Canada: 1996-2006

Table 5
Reported new active and relapsed tuberculosis cases by birthplace and main diagnostic site – Canada: 2006

How to reach us

For more information, copies of this report or other related reports, please contact:

Tuberculosis Prevention and Control
Community Acquired Infections Division
Public Health Agency of Canada
100 Eglantine Driveway, Health Canada Building
A.L. 0603B, Tunney's Pasture
Ottawa, ON K1A 0K9
Telephone: (613) 941-0238
Facsimile: (613) 946-3902
Email: TB.1@phac-aspc.gc.ca

This report can also be accessed on the internet at:
http://www.publichealth.gc.ca/tuberculosis

This report was prepared by:
Tuberculosis Prevention and Control

Edward Ellis, MD, MPH, FRCPC Manager Tuberculosis Prevention and Control	Kathryn Dawson Surveillance Officer Tuberculosis Prevention and Control
Victor Gallant, MA Tuberculosis Database Manager Tuberculosis Prevention and Control	Melissa Phypers, MSc Senior Epidemiologist Tuberculosis Prevention and Control
Derek Scholten, MSc Epidemiologist Tuberculosis Prevention and Control