Those London TB league tables in full
Thursday, February 25, 2016 23:13
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Well, the figures are in, and prevalent rates of TB infection are as follows:-
| TB – Infection rate per 100,000 | ||
| Egypt | 15 | |
| Lebanon | 16 | |
| Syria | 17 | |
| Turkey | 18 | |
| Albania | 19 | |
| Mexico | 21 | |
| Iran | 22 | |
| Argentina | 24 | |
| Bulgaria | 27 | |
| Columbia | 33 | |
| Tunisia | 33 | |
| Belize | 37 | |
| Tower Hamlets | 38 | |
| Barking | 39 | |
| Libya | 40 | |
| Greenwich | 40 | |
| Iraq | 43 | |
| Waltham Forest | 44 | |
| Redbridge | 52 | |
| Harrow | 62 | |
| Ealing | 63 | |
| Hounslow | 64 | |
| Brent | 90 | |
| Newham | 108 |
(Sources: WHO 2015 stats & GLA)
Yes, Newham wins – with TB infection rates 7 times those in Egypt! Greenwich and Libya are neck and neck!
One feels a certain sympathy for all the poor young things mortgaging their lives for a broom cupboard in an old east end match factory, only to fall to multi-drug-resistant TB on the Aldgate tube. The GLA helpfully publisherd a map of where *not* to buy:-
Source: http://raedwald.blogspot.com/2016/02/those-london-tb-league-tables-in-full.html
