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

Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms) in Malawi was 56.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 62.00 in 2019, while its lowest value was 41.00 in 2011.

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 55.00
2001 58.00
2002 52.00
2003 58.00
2004 55.00
2005 51.00
2006 49.00
2007 48.00
2008 47.00
2009 45.00
2010 43.00
2011 41.00
2012 45.00
2013 43.00
2014 44.00
2015 48.00
2016 51.00
2017 58.00
2018 56.00
2019 62.00
2020 56.00

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