Sierra Leone - Tuberculosis case detection rate

Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms)

Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms) in Sierra Leone was 66.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 77.00 in 2019, while its lowest value was 27.00 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 27.00
2001 32.00
2002 31.00
2003 33.00
2004 33.00
2005 38.00
2006 44.00
2007 49.00
2008 55.00
2009 58.00
2010 63.00
2011 61.00
2012 62.00
2013 56.00
2014 57.00
2015 54.00
2016 63.00
2017 71.00
2018 75.00
2019 77.00
2020 66.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention