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Figure 9.2.6: Active tuberculosis by year

Rate of active tuberculosis infections reported per 100,000 population, Middlesex-London and Ontario, 2005 to 2018

Figure 9.2.6: Active tuberculosis by year
Source: 
Public Health Ontario Infectious Diseases Query: Middlesex-London Health Unit: Case counts and crude rates of reportable diseases by year. Toronto ON: Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion; 2019 May 1 [cited 2019 May 7].

Between 2005 and 2018, the rate of active tuberculosis cases in Middlesex-London fluctuated while the Ontario rate generally declined.

Across the 14-year timeframe, the rate of active tuberculosis infections reported among Middlesex-London residents was consistently lower than the rate in Ontario; the difference was significant in all but two years.