Dem. People's Rep. Korea - Tuberculosis case detection rate

Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms)

Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms) in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 66.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 87.00 in 2016, while its lowest value was 25.00 in 2001.

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 29.00
2001 25.00
2002 34.00
2003 41.00
2004 37.00
2005 35.00
2006 36.00
2007 47.00
2008 58.00
2009 61.00
2010 67.00
2011 72.00
2012 72.00
2013 76.00
2014 80.00
2015 87.00
2016 87.00
2017 77.00
2018 69.00
2019 73.00
2020 66.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention