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Title
Tuberculosis statistics
Subject
Tuberculosis
Statistics
Source
Health Protection Agency
Year of publication
2012
http://www.hpa.org.uk/NewsCentre/NationalPressReleases/2012PressReleases/120323NinethousandTBcasesin2011/
Abstract
The Health Protection Agency has released provisional figures which show there were 9,042 new cases of tuberculosis (TB) in the UK in 2011. Compared to provisional numbers reported in 2010 (8,587), this is a five per cent increase. The figures, released in the HPA’s annual TB newsletter ahead of World TB Day on Saturday 24 March, show the main burden of this infection is still in London with 3,588 cases reported in 2011, accounting for 40 per cent of the UK total. According to the provisional data, country of origin was recorded in 8,453 new cases, and almost three quarters (6,270) were in non-UK born people.
Date added27/03/2012
Created byKath Williams
Published by
East Midlands Strategic Health Authority