Men
|
Spontaneous tuberculin negative1
|
BCG vaccinated2
|
Spontaneous tuberculin positive3
|
Positive X-ray findings and/or previous tuberculosis disease4
|
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Birth cohort
| | | | |
1949-1958
|
35
|
92
|
3
|
2
|
1939-1948
|
2
|
86
|
8
|
4
|
1929-1938
|
4
|
61
|
25
|
10
|
1919-1928
|
9
|
30
|
44
|
17
|
1909-1918
|
13
|
10
|
52
|
25
|
1899-1908
|
16
|
1
|
51
|
32
|
Women
| | | | |
Birth cohort
| | | | |
1949-1958
|
3
|
92
|
2
|
3
|
1939-1948
|
4
|
84
|
8
|
4
|
1929-1938
|
8
|
62
|
20
|
10
|
1919-1928
|
13
|
38
|
35
|
14
|
1909-1918
|
22
|
13
|
45
|
20
|
1899-1908
|
27
|
2
|
44
|
27
|
- The data presented in this table were taken from Haider and Tverdal [20], and were included to show the status for the cohorts with respect to tuberculin reactivity, BCG vaccination and X-ray findings towards the end of the study period.
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1Percentage of tuberculin positive persons that later turned tuberculin negative.
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2Percentage of BCG vaccinated persons.
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3Percentage of tuberculin negative persons that later turned tuberculin positive without the influence of BCG vaccination.
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4Percentage of persons with evidence for previous tuberculosis.
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5Values represent percentage of the total population of the birth cohort.