Delayed Treatment of Diagnosed Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Taiwan

BMC Public Health

Table 1 The incidence of TB patients with definite laboratory diagnosis in Taiwan during 2002–2005

	TB cases with definite laboratory diagnosis	Total Population	Incidence of TB cases with definite laboratory diagnosis (/100,000 population)
2002	4432	22520,776	19.7
2003	7145	22604,550	31.6
2004	9905	22689,122	43.7
2005	10454	22770,383	45.9

The incidence of cases with definite diagnosis increased significantly during these years. Mantel-Haenszel Chi-square for linear trend p < 0.001.

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