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Article: TB Cases Fall in Illinois // Epidemic Appears to Ease in Chicago, Too
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- March 24, 1994
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The tuberculosis epidemic eased statewide last year, with a 2.4
percent drop in the number of new cases, to 1,240, state health
officials said Wednesday.
The worst may be over for Chicago, too. The 798 new cases
recorded last year meant an increase of only three cases from 1992.
And the number of new cases reported during the first two months
of 1994 was down sharply from the same period last year, Chicago
Health Department officials said Wednesday.
There also were fewer new cases around the country, including
in New York (down 15 percent) and Los Angeles (down 12 percent).
Nevertheless, Chicago's TB rate - 29 cases per 100,000 people -
still is nearly three times the national ...