for females in 1965-70.37
The principal African diseases were those common in third world coun-
tries: pneumonia,
gastroenteritis,
and tuberculosis (TB). Apart from
kwashiorkor, TB, which is closely associated with poor socioeconomic
conditions, was the most important cause of severemorbidity and death for
the African population. According to official statistics, in 1979 there were
45,000 reported cases ofTB in South Africa, 78.5 percent of them African,
18.5 percent Coloured, 1.5 percent Indian, and 1.5 percent White. Unof-
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