Number of cases of tuberculosis by ethnic group, place of birth, and survey year, and rates for 1998
| 1988 | 1993 | 1998 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnic group | Born UK | Born abroad | Total* | Born UK | Born abroad | Total* | Born UK | Rate (95% CI) per 100000 | Born abroad | Rate (95% CI) per 100000 | Total* |
| *Totals include children whose place of birth was unknown or missing (altogether three children in 1988, 14 children in 1993, and 33 children in 1998). | |||||||||||
| †Other includes all other ethnic groups, including black Caribbean. Ethnic group was not reported in seven children in 1998. | |||||||||||
| White | 131 | 4 | 137 | 173 | 2 | 181 | 90 | 1.0 (0.8 to 1.2) | 3 | 1.7 | 96 |
| ISC | 106 | 33 | 140 | 140 | 21 | 167 | 90 | 19 (15 to 23) | 22 | 53 (1 to 74) | 119 |
| Black African | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 22 | 25 (15 to 36) | 49 | 193 (139 to 247) | 80 |
| Other/unknown† | 24 | 2 | 26 | 29 | 4 | 34 | 32 | 23 | 69 | ||
| All | 264 | 41 | 308 | 352 | 42 | 408 | 234 | 97 | 364 | ||