Table 2

Notifications of children with tuberculosis 1981–96

		Years
		1981–3	1984–6	1987–8	1989–92	1993–96
Children from the ISC notified	64	12	4	11	7
Total number of people from the ISC notified	257	128	85	177	163
Children as % of total	24.9	9.4	4.7	6.2	4.3
χ² with continuity correction
1981–3	—
1984–6	12.04^**	—
1987–8	15.11^**	1.00	—
1989–92	24.32^**	0.66	0.04	—
1993–6	28.71^**	2.26	0.00	0.30	—
Mantel-Haenszel test of linear association		46.16^**
White children notified	27	7	0	1	1
Total white notifications	129	88	38	57	34
Children as % of total	20.9	8.0	0	1.75	2.9
χ² with continuity correction
1981–3	—
1984–6	5.72^*	—
1987–8	8.01^**	1.86	—
1989–92	9.92^**	1.50	0.00	—
1993–6	4.92^*	0.35	0.00	0.00	—
Mantel-Haenszel test of linear association		19.99^**