La tuberculose n'est certes plus le grave problème de santé qu'elle était au début du XX siècle, mais on en recense encore quelque 3 000 cas tous les ans. En outre, l'incidence d'autres maladies pulmonaires, comme l'emphysème, la bronchite chronique et l'asthme, a fortement augmenté.
Although TB is no longer as serious a problem in this country as it was in the earlier part of this century, there are still about 3,000 cases every year, and the occurrence of other lung diseases such as emphysema, chronic bronchitis and asthma has increased enormously.