GANGTOK, 29 Aug: Union Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare, Sudip Bandyopadhyay in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha yesterday presented the state-wise figures of TB cases detected and deaths reported in the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 in the North Eastern Region.
In Sikkim, 1,641 TB cases were registered and 61 deaths reported in 2008. In 2009, 1,720 TB cases were detected and 87 deaths reported while in 2010, 1,646 TB cases were registered and 66 deaths reported. The figures total upto 5007 cases of TB being reported in the three years while the number of deaths reported totals to 214 for Sikkim.
According to the figures provided, in the North East, Assam has the highest number of TB cases detected and deaths reported followed by Meghalaya.
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