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. 2019 Dec 6;51(4):414–426. doi: 10.3947/ic.2019.51.4.414

Table 1. National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey results.

Year
1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995
Prevalence of latent or active TB infection (<30 years old, %) 44.5 46.9 46.9 41.7 38.7 27.3 15.5
Annual risk of infection 5.3 3.9 2.3 1.8 1.2 1.1 0.5
Prevalence of active TB (≥5 years old)
Positive radiographic findings (%) 5.1 4.2 3.3 2.5 2.2 1.8 1.03
Positive culture (%) 0.94 0.74 0.76 0.54 0.44 0.24 0.22
Positive smear (%) 0.69 0.48 0.31 0.24 0.14 0.09
BCG inoculation rate (<30 years old, %) 24.3 44.4 60.6 69.9 80.1 86.0 91.8

TB, tuberculosis; BCG, Bacillus Calmette–Guérin.