Table 3 Timeliness of notification of tuberculosis in Taiwan, 2005-2007
From: Completeness and timeliness of tuberculosis notification in Taiwan
Number of patients (%) | New cases | Previously notified cases | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |||||||||
n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |||
Total | 55,291 | 100.0 | 18,662 | 100.0 | 17,135 | 100.0 | 15,696 | 100.0 | 1,372 | 100.0 | 1,303 | 100.0 | 1,123 | 100.0 |
   0-7 days | 45,250 | 81.8 | 15,176 | 81.3 | 14,181 | 82.8 | 13,196 | 84.1 | 1,008 | 73.5 | 949 | 72.8 | 740 | 65.9 |
   8-30 days | 8,006 | 14.5 | 2,771 | 14.8 | 2,362 | 13.8 | 2,040 | 13.0 | 280 | 20.4 | 273 | 21.0 | 280 | 24.9 |
   31-90 days | 1,630 | 2.9 | 555 | 3.0 | 477 | 2.8 | 399 | 2.5 | 51 | 3.7 | 62 | 4.8 | 86 | 7.7 |
   ≧ 91 days | 405 | 0.7 | 160 | 0.9 | 115 | 0.7 | 61 | 0.4 | 33 | 2.4 | 19 | 1.5 | 17 | 1.5 |