Incidence of active tuberculosis in the native population of Canada.
We analysed the incidence rates of active tuberculosis reported between 1970 and 1981 in three groups of people born in Canada: Inuit, registered Indians and others (mainly of European origin). While the rates of tuberculosis were quite low in the last group, which constitutes about 82% of the popul...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:1491042 2023-05-15T16:54:21+02:00 Incidence of active tuberculosis in the native population of Canada. Enarson, D A Grzybowski, S 1986-05-15 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1491042 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3697860 en eng http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1491042 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3697860 Research Article Text 1986 ftpubmed 2013-08-31T02:54:33Z We analysed the incidence rates of active tuberculosis reported between 1970 and 1981 in three groups of people born in Canada: Inuit, registered Indians and others (mainly of European origin). While the rates of tuberculosis were quite low in the last group, which constitutes about 82% of the population of Canada, they were 16 times higher among Indians and 24 times higher among Inuit. Some 20 to 30 years ago the Inuit had the highest recorded rate of tuberculosis in the world; with an intensive program the rate decreased sharply. Such a program has not been implemented among the Indian population, and the incidence rate has not decreased as rapidly. A major effort is required to satisfactorily control tuberculosis among Indians. In addition, we must not allow our efforts to slacken in the control of tuberculosis among the Inuit. Text inuit PubMed Central (PMC) Canada Indian |
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We analysed the incidence rates of active tuberculosis reported between 1970 and 1981 in three groups of people born in Canada: Inuit, registered Indians and others (mainly of European origin). While the rates of tuberculosis were quite low in the last group, which constitutes about 82% of the population of Canada, they were 16 times higher among Indians and 24 times higher among Inuit. Some 20 to 30 years ago the Inuit had the highest recorded rate of tuberculosis in the world; with an intensive program the rate decreased sharply. Such a program has not been implemented among the Indian population, and the incidence rate has not decreased as rapidly. A major effort is required to satisfactorily control tuberculosis among Indians. In addition, we must not allow our efforts to slacken in the control of tuberculosis among the Inuit. |
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Incidence of active tuberculosis in the native population of Canada. |
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Incidence of active tuberculosis in the native population of Canada. |
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Incidence of active tuberculosis in the native population of Canada. |
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Incidence of active tuberculosis in the native population of Canada. |
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Incidence of active tuberculosis in the native population of Canada. |
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incidence of active tuberculosis in the native population of canada. |
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