東南アジアにおける結核問題

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As in other parts of Asia, tuberculosis is highly prevalent in the South-East Asia Region. It is always reported among the leading ten causes of death and often ranks fourth or fifth. The death rate from tuberculosis in all its forms was over 95 per 100, 000 in Burma (towns only) during 1960/63, between 15 and 17 in Ceylon during 1960/63, and between 31 and 39 in Thailand during 1959/63. Thus, deaths from all forms of tuberculosis comprised 4.9 to 5.8%of all deaths in Burma (towns alone), 1.9 to 2.0% of those in Ceylon and 4.0 to 4.8% of those in Thailand. Deaths from non-respiratory tuberculosis amounted to about 8% of all tuberculosis deaths in 1963 in Burma (towns alone), about 16% in 1962 in Ceylon and less than 1% in 1963 in Thailand. Being aware of the extent of the tuberculosis problem the governments of all countries of the Region have given a very high priority to the control of tuberculosis in their programmes against communicable diseases.