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Table 1 Background, number and proportion of foreign-­-born TB cases in Norway 2013–2017

From: A cross-sectional survey of the knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding tuberculosis among general practitioners working in municipalities with and without asylum centres in eastern Norway

Background

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Asylum seekers

194

55.1

172

57.0

157

56.3

138

52.7

101

43.7

Family reunion

47

13.4

61

20.2

46

16.5

56

21.4

52

22.5

Immigrant

56

15.9

33

10.9

43

15.4

38

14.5

42

18.2

Temporary residence

39

11.1

18

6.0

17

6.1

15

5.7

19

8.2

Other

16

4.5

15

3.9

16

5.7

15

5.7

17

7.4

Total

352

100

302

100

279

100

262

100

231

100

  1. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health, 2014–2017