Ivor Callely
Question:132 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Health and Children the noticeable increase, if any, in tuberculosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27170/99]
Vol. 512 No. 7
132 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Health and Children the noticeable increase, if any, in tuberculosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27170/99]
There was a steady decline in the incidence of tuberculosis up to the mid-1990s. Since then the annual number of cases has been between 400 and 450 cases and the numbers of cases notified in recent years are as follows:
1995 |
458 |
1996 |
434 |
1997 |
416 |
1998 (provisional) |
439 |
1999 |
200 |