Table 4

Patients notified in the six month survey periods by area and main ethnic group and estimated annual rates for 1988 and 1993

Local authority group		Population3-150(1000s)				Tuberculosis notifications		Estimated annual rate		Tuberculosis notifications
		Population3-150(1000s)				Tuberculosis notifications				White			Indian			Pakistani & Bangladeshi
		n	%			n	%			n	%	%3-151		n		%	n	%
A. 1988
Metropolitan areas:
33 boroughs in Greater London	6770	13		680	28	19.4	246	19	36		264	44		74	23
36 authorities in other metropolitan areas	11121	22		736	31	12.8	365	28	50		161	27		150	47
Non-metropolitan areas
63 authorities with a population of 125 000 or more	10343	20		464	19	8.7	272	21	59		119	20		53	17
174 authorities with a population of 75 000–125 000	16814	33		394	16	4.5	295	23	75		45	7		41	13
97 authorities with a population of less than 75 000	5439	11		134	6	4.8	116	9	87		12	2		3	1

B. 1993
Metropolitan areas:
33 boroughs in Greater London	6933	14		924	34	25.1	290	24	31		252	42		118	23
36 authorities in other metropolitan areas	11199	22		833	31	14.0	341	28	41		155	26		272	53
Non-metropolitan areas:
63 authorities with a population of 125 000 or more	10816	21		479	18	8.4	231	19	48		136	23		73	14
174 authorities with a population of 75 000–125 000	17303	34		362	13	3.9	251	21	69		47	8		47	9
97 authorities with a population of less than 75 000	5188	10		108	4	3.9	89	7	82		11	2		3	1