Puerto Rico - Tuberculosis treatment success rate

Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases)

Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) in Puerto Rico was 83.00 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 83.00 in 2019, while its lowest value was 60.00 in 2002.

Definition: Tuberculosis treatment success rate is the percentage of all new tuberculosis cases (or new and relapse cases for some countries) registered under a national tuberculosis control programme in a given year that successfully completed treatment, with or without bacteriological evidence of success ("cured" and "treatment completed" respectively).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Tuberculosis Report.

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Year Value
2000 64.00
2001 76.00
2002 60.00
2003 66.00
2004 67.00
2005 73.00
2006 79.00
2007 82.00
2008 71.00
2009 78.00
2010 83.00
2011 72.00
2012 66.00
2013 73.00
2014 66.00
2015 63.00
2016 78.00
2017 69.00
2018 72.00
2019 83.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention