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As TB spread in the north & then in Prince Albert & Saskatoon, the SK govt stopped reporting not just TB, but all communicable disease statistics. The last yearly SK communicable disease report, for 2016, was published in 2018. 12/
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publications.saskatchewan.ca
March 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
As TB spread in the north & then in Prince Albert & Saskatoon, the SK govt stopped reporting not just TB, but all communicable disease statistics. The last yearly SK communicable disease report, for 2016, was published in 2018. 12/
publications.saskatchewan.ca/api/v1/produ...
publications.saskatchewan.ca/api/v1/produ...
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Over the same time period the 🇨🇦 new case rate of TB/100,000 people stayed flat at about 5. But the similar rate among northern SK First Nation children on reserve in 2022 was ~400, *~80* times the average rate across Canada for all ages. 11/
Source for 🇨🇦 rate: diseases.canada.ca/notifiable/c...
Source for 🇨🇦 rate: diseases.canada.ca/notifiable/c...
Reported cases from 1924 to 2022 in Canada - Notifiable diseases on-line
The application contains information on the number of cases reported for several of the notifiable diseases as well as their rate in the population. The data are available for each province and territ...
diseases.canada.ca
March 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Over the same time period the 🇨🇦 new case rate of TB/100,000 people stayed flat at about 5. But the similar rate among northern SK First Nation children on reserve in 2022 was ~400, *~80* times the average rate across Canada for all ages. 11/
Source for 🇨🇦 rate: diseases.canada.ca/notifiable/c...
Source for 🇨🇦 rate: diseases.canada.ca/notifiable/c...
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In 2023 SK had the highest rate of new TB cases per capita of 🇨🇦’s provinces. The rate is climbing, especially rapidly among children. Worse, Saskatchewan’s 12-year-old TB control strategy doesn’t publicly report its outcomes & SK has not reported TB data since 2016. 2/
www.canada.ca/content/dam/...
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www.canada.ca
March 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
In 2023 SK had the highest rate of new TB cases per capita of 🇨🇦’s provinces. The rate is climbing, especially rapidly among children. Worse, Saskatchewan’s 12-year-old TB control strategy doesn’t publicly report its outcomes & SK has not reported TB data since 2016. 2/
www.canada.ca/content/dam/...
www.canada.ca/content/dam/...