São Tomé and Principe - Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms)

Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms) in São Tomé and Principe was 36.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 240.00 in 2003, while its lowest value was 36.00 in 2020.

Definition: Tuberculosis case detection rate (all forms) is the number of new and relapse tuberculosis cases notified to WHO in a given year, divided by WHO's estimate of the number of incident tuberculosis cases for the same year, expressed as a percentage. Estimates for all years are recalculated as new information becomes available and techniques are refined, so they may differ from those published previously.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Tuberculosis Report.

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Year Value
2000 57.00
2001 57.00
2002 57.00
2003 240.00
2004 57.00
2005 57.00
2006 57.00
2007 57.00
2008 57.00
2009 57.00
2010 57.00
2011 57.00
2012 57.00
2013 57.00
2014 57.00
2015 57.00
2016 57.00
2017 57.00
2018 57.00
2019 57.00
2020 36.00

Original Source Notes: Estimates are presented with uncertainty intervals (see footnote). When ranges are presented, the lower and higher numbers correspond to the 2.5th and 97.5th centiles of the outcome distributions (generally produced by simulations). For more detailed info

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Tuberculosis is one of the main causes of adult deaths from a single infectious agent in developing countries. This indicator shows the tuberculosis detection rate for all detection methods. Editions before 2010 included the tuberculosis detection rates by DOTS, the internationally recommended strategy for tuberculosis control. Thus data on the case detection rate from 2010 onward cannot be compared with data in previous editions.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention