A comparative examination of tuberculosis immigration medical screening programs from selected countries with high immigration and low tuberculosis incidence rates

Table 3 Number of immigrants and refugees that had TB immigration screening done, the absolute number and calculated rates of active TB cases detected in 2006*

Country	Number of immigrants and refugees screened		Absolute number of active cases detected†	Calculated number of active cases detected per 100,000	Calculated percent yield (absolute/total × 100)
	In country	Out of country
Canada*	111,280	407,206	278	53.6	0.05%
France	205,713		143	70	0.07%
Jordan	212,428	43,414	391	153	0.15%
Netherlands	63,268		67	105	0.11%
Switzerland	8,995		11	122	0.12%
Estimates
Australia	200,000	500,000	400	80	0.08%
New Zealand	126,213‡		279‡	221	0.22%

*2008 provisional data for Canada
† The definition of an active cases included: smear AFB positive and or culture TB positive
‡ The number represents both in and out of country migrants and those applicants who were staying over 12 months and submitted full medical. Applicants who may have been screened with only a CXR and no medical (those people from high-incidence countries who are staying for more than 6 months but less than a year) would not have been included and the 279 represents the number of people who were defined as having an unacceptable standard of health out of the people who submitted full medical certificates likely to mean they had TB however this data was not available.

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