Colombia - Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100,000 people)

The latest value for Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100,000 people) in Colombia was 37.00 as of 2020. Over the past 20 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 37.00 in 2020 and 30.00 in 2005.

Definition: Incidence of tuberculosis is the estimated number of new and relapse tuberculosis cases arising in a given year, expressed as the rate per 100,000 population. All forms of TB are included, including cases in people living with HIV. 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 37.00
2001 36.00
2002 35.00
2003 35.00
2004 33.00
2005 30.00
2006 32.00
2007 31.00
2008 32.00
2009 32.00
2010 32.00
2011 33.00
2012 33.00
2013 32.00
2014 31.00
2015 31.00
2016 33.00
2017 33.00
2018 33.00
2019 35.00
2020 37.00

Limitations and Exceptions: The limited availability of data on health status is a major constraint in assessing the health situation in developing countries. Surveillance data are lacking for many major public health concerns. Estimates of prevalence and incidence are available for some diseases but are often unreliable and incomplete. National health authorities differ widely in capacity and willingness to collect or report information. To compensate for this and improve reliability and international comparability, the World Health Organization (WHO) prepares estimates in accordance with epidemiological models and statistical standards. Uncertainty bounds for the incidence are available at http://data.worldbank.org

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. In developed countries tuberculosis has reemerged largely as a result of cases among immigrants. Since tuberculosis incidence cannot be directly measured, estimates are obtained by eliciting expert opinion or are derived from measurements of prevalence or mortality.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors