Center for Health Statistics - NJ Health Statistics 1998

TABLE C7. VERIFIED TUBERCULOSIS CASES BY AGE, SEX, AND RACE
NEW JERSEY, 1998
AGE	TOTAL		TOTAL				WHITE				BLACK				OTHER
	TOTAL		MALE		FEMALE		MALE		FEMALE		MALE		FEMALE		MALE		FEMALE
	NO.	RATE	NO.	RATE	NO.	RATE	NO.	RATE	NO.	RATE	NO.	RATE	NO.	RATE	NO.	RATE	NO.	RATE
0-4	24	4.4	13	**	11	**	8	**	5	**	2	**	5	**	3	**	1	**
5-9	8	**	4	**	4	**	3	**	3	**	0	**	1	**	1	**	0	**
10-14	10	**	4	**	6	**	3	**	2	**	0	**	3	**	1	**	1	**
15-19	19	**	12	**	7	**	9	**	4	**	0	**	2	**	3	**	1	**
20-24	31	6.6	17	**	14	**	9	**	6	**	4	**	3	**	4	**	5	**
25-34	135	11.8	68	12.0	67	11.6	27	6.2	22	5.1	15	**	22	22.3	26	68.7	23	51.3
35-44	125	8.8	76	10.9	49	6.8	30	5.4	16	**	35	37.5	21	20.1	11	**	12	**
45-54	101	9.4	68	13.0	33	5.9	17	**	15	**	37	61.8	10	**	14	**	8	**
55-64	61	8.6	41	12.1	20	5.4	20	7.1	9	**	12	**	7	**	9	**	4	**
65+	126	11.4	73	16.3	53	8.1	43	10.8	28	4.8	14	**	11	**	16	**	14	**
TOTAL	640	7.9	376	9.6	264	6.3	169	5.4	110	3.3	119	21.1	85	13.6	88	38.4	69	28.1
Rates are computed per 100,000 population.
** Number is too small to calculate a reliable rate.
Source: New Jersey Department of Health
Communicable Disease Service