Cameroon - Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms)

Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms) in Cameroon was 48.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 53.00 in 2019, while its lowest value was 11.00 in 2000.

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 11.00
2001 22.00
2002 21.00
2003 30.00
2004 32.00
2005 39.00
2006 43.00
2007 44.00
2008 45.00
2009 46.00
2010 45.00
2011 47.00
2012 48.00
2013 50.00
2014 52.00
2015 53.00
2016 53.00
2017 51.00
2018 50.00
2019 53.00
2020 48.00

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