Communicable
Disease Surveillance Centre Northern Ireland
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Annual notification rates, per 100,000 population, 1992-2006*, Northern Ireland
| Year | Cases | Rate per 100,000 population |
| 92 | 69 | 4.3 |
| 93 | 75 | 4.6 |
| 94 | 81 | 4.9 |
| 95 | 75 | 4.5 |
| 96 | 66 | 4.0 |
| 97 | 70 | 4.2 |
| 98 | 66 | 3.9 |
| 99 | 57 | 3.4 |
| 00 | 51 | 3.0 |
| 01 | 55 | 3.3 |
| 02 | 67 | 3.9 |
| 03 | 57 | 3.3 |
| 04 | 81 | 4.7 |
| 05 | 75 | 4.4 |
| 06* | 61 | 3.5 |
Data are taken from the NI enhanced TB surveillance programme
Drug resistance in isolates of M. tuberculosis complex organisms, 1993-2005, Northern Ireland
| Year | Number resistant* | % |
| 93 | 1 | 2.3 |
| 94 | 4 | 8.2 |
| 95 | 3 | 4.9 |
| 96 | 2 | 3.4 |
| 97 | 1 | 2.4 |
| 98 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 99 | 8 | 17.8 |
| 00 | 1 | 2.8 |
| 01 | 5 | 11.4 |
| 02 | 3 | 6.3 |
| 03 | 4 | 10.0 |
| 04 | 7 | 10.8 |
| 05** | 7 | 15.5 |
*Data Provisional
Source: Mycobnet database, Mycobacteriology Reference Laboratory, Belfast City Hospital
**calculated on the basis of organisms which showed resistance to one or more of isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol, pyrazinamide or streptomycin
Denominator was taken as the total number of isolates tested by laboratory during calendar year
Last Updated: 01/10/2009
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