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Volume 26, Number 5—May 2020
Synopsis

Surveillance of Leprosy in Kiribati, 1935–2017

Stephen T. ChambersComments to Author , Nabura Ioteba, Eretii Timeon, Erei Rimon, Helen Murdoch, Jared Green, Emma Trowbridge, Jane Buckingham, Arturo Cunanan, Jonathan Williman, and Patricia Priest
Author affiliations: Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand (S.T. Chambers); Pacific Leprosy Foundation, Christchurch (S.T. Chambers, N. Ioteba, P. Priest); University of Otago, Christchurch (S.T. Chambers, J. Williman); Canterbury District Health Board, Canterbury, New Zealand (N. Ioteba); Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Bikenibau, Kiribati (E. Timeon, E. Rimon, H. Murdoch); University of Canterbury, Christchurch (J. Buckingham); Culion Sanatorium and General Hospital, Culion, Philippines (A. Cunanan); University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (P. Priest)

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Table 1

Population of Kiribati and the population centers of South Tarawa and Betio, 1931–2015

Census year Kiribati population South Tarawa and Betio population (% total population)
1931 29,751 3,013 (10)
1947 31,513 1,617 (5)
1963 43,336 6,109 (14)
1968 47,735 10,616 (22)
1973 51,926 14,861 (29)
1978 56,213 17,921 (32)
1985 63,883 21,393 (33)
1990 72,335 25,380 (35)
1995 77,658 28,350 (37)
2000 84,494 36,717 (43)
2005 92,533 40,331 (44)
2010 103,058 50,182 (49)
2015 110,110 56,324 (51)

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