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Table 1 Expected and actual numbers of pregnancies with concurrent TB

From: Pregnancy in patients with tuberculosis: a TBNET cross-sectional survey

Country

No. of TB patients

Crude birth rate (per 1,000 per year)[16]

Expected number of pregnant TB patientsb

During: TB diagnosed during pregnancy

Before: Pregnant within 3 months of completing TB treatment

After: TB diagnosed within 3 months after delivery

Predicted number of pregnant TB for 1.25 yrs

Total in study

Belarus

5500

13

54.9

15

16

6

89.4

37

Belgium

143

12

1.3

11

0

5

2.2

16

Italy (3 cities)

 A

1860

  

1

7

2

 

10

 B

217

  

1

4

0

 

5

 C

103

  

0

1

1

 

2

Sub-total

2180

9

15.1

2

12

3

24.5

17

Serbia

1353

9

9.4

2

0

1

15.3

3

Slovakia

1197

11

10.1

4

4

21

16.6

29

Spain (2 cities)

 A

1946

  

2

3

5

 

10

 B

374

  

0

1

2

 

3

Sub-total

2320

10

17.8

2

4

7

29.0

13

Ukraine

500

11

4.2

3

10

35

6.9

48

United Kingdom

1774

18a

24.5

29

7

20

39.8

56

USA

250

13

2.5

0

0

5

3.3

5

Total

15,217

n/a

139.8

68

53

103

227.0

224

  1. aLocal birth rate (UK crude birth rate 12 per 1,000)
  2. b = no. of TB patients x crude birth rate x (280 days per pregnancy/365 days per year)