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Tuberculosis in Canada: 1924-2012

Figure 1: Reported tuberculosis incidence and mortality rates – Canada (1924 – 2012)

Year Incidence Rate Mortality Rate
1924 43.6 84.1
1925 61.4 80.5
1926 59.2 84.0
1927 54.9 80.9
1928 56.4 80.0
1929 57.4 77.6
1930 64.4 79.2
1931 69.4 73.5
1932 84.2 68.3
1933 79.6 65.3
1934 76.3 60.0
1935 81.0 60.9
1936 79.0 61.9
1937 68.6 60.8
1938 77.1 55.2
1939 81.5 53.5
1940 87.5 51.3
1941 89.5 53.4
1942 87.6 51.9
1943 88.1 53.0
1944 87.3 48.8
1945 91.8 47.0
1946 103.6 48.2
1947 97.7 44.3
1948 99.8 38.0
1949 100.3 32.5
1950 101.5 26.7
1951 97.6 24.8
1952 95.5 17.5
1953 93.4 12.5
1954 88.8 10.4
1955 89.8 8.9
1956 82.2 7.8
1957 80.4 7.1
1958 70.3 6.0
1959 60.9 5.5
1960 55.1 4.6
1961 48.9 4.2
1962 45.0 4.2
1963 40.1 4.0
1964 35.3 3.5
1965 31.8 3.6
1966 26.2 3.3
1967 26.6 3.2
1968 26.9 3.0
1969 24.3 2.8
1970 21.2 2.5
1971 20.8 2.0
1972 20.2 1.8
1973 18.3 1.5
1974 16.5 1.2
1975 15.3 1.1
1976 13.4 1.1
1977 13.5 0.9
1978 12.3 0.8
1979 11.4 0.8
1980 11.3 0.8
1981 10.2 0.8
1982 9.8 0.8
1983 9.3 0.8
1984 9.2 0.7
1985 8.3 0.8
1986 8.2 0.7
1987 7.5 0.6
1988 7.3 0.6
1989 7.5 0.6
1990 7.3 0.6
1991 7.3 0.7
1992 7.5 0.6
1993 7.2 0.6
1994 7.3 0.5
1995 6.7 0.5
1996 6.3 0.5
1997 6.7 0.6
1998 6 0.5
1999 6.0 0.6
2000 5.6 0.5
2001 5.7 0.6
2002 5.3 0.4
2003 5.2 0.5
2004 5.0 0.4
2005 5.1 0.4
2006 5.1 0.4
2007 4.8 0.4
2008 4.9 0.4
2009 4.9 0.3
2010 4.7 0.4
2011 4.7 0.4
2012 4.8 0.3

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Figure 2: Tuberculosis incidence rate by age group and sex – Canada (2012)

Bar chart of the reported tuberculosis incidence rate per 100,000 population in Canada for the year 2012, comparing males and females across the following age groups:  less 1 year of age, between 1 and 4 years of age, between 5 and 14 years of age, between 15 and 24 years of age, between 25 and 34 years of age, between  35 and 44 years of age, between 45 and 54 years of age, between 55 and 64 years of age, between 65 and 74 years of age, and 75 and older.

Less than 1 year of age:  male = 1.5, female = 3.2; between 1 and 4 years of age: male = 3.4, female= 2.8; between 5 and 14 years of age: male = 1.6, female = 1.3; between 15 and 24 years of age: male = 5.3, female = 5.0; between 25 and 34 years of age: male = 6.1, female = 6.0; between  35 and 44 years of age: male = 6.0, female = 5.3;  between 45 and 54 years of age: male = 5.4; female = 3.3;  between 55 and 64 years of age: male = 4.8, female = 2.1;  between 65 and 74 years of age: male = 8.5 female = 4.1;  75 years of age and older: male = 14.5, female = 5.4.

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Summary of public health guidance for Tuberculosis prevention and control programs in Canada

Figure 1: Illustration of the interconnectedness among 12 essential components of an effective TB prevention and control program.

The illustration of linked boxes shows how the twelve essential components of an organized TB program are interconnected. Three major activities appear in separate, linked boxes at the top of the illustration: management of cases of active TB disease; contact tracing and outbreak investigation; and screening for active TB and latent TB infection. These activities are supported by the remaining nine components of an organized TB program as identified in Table 1. The nine components appear in separate boxes, all of which are contained in a larger box that is linked to the three afore-mentioned major activities.

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