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Article: TUBERCULOSIS CASES UP 11 PERCENT IN WASHINGTON
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- March 20, 2008
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The Washington state Department of Health issued the following news release:
The tuberculosis rate in Washington took an 11 percent jump in 2007 - a reminder of the health threat posed by the respiratory illness.
In 2007, 291 cases of tuberculosis were reported - up from 262 cases reported in 2006. Of Washington's 39 counties, 34 had 10 or fewer cases. King County accounted for 161 (55 percent) of all cases reported in our state.
Seventy-five percent of the 2007 tuberculosis cases in Washington were among foreign-born immigrants or refugees from countries with high rates of tuberculosis. Another factor in the increase was the carry-over of cases still under treatment from 2006.
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