South Asia - Tuberculosis case detection rate

Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms)

Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms) in South Asia was 60.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 77.00 in 2019, while its lowest value was 31.00 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 32.00
2001 31.00
2002 31.00
2003 32.00
2004 34.00
2005 36.00
2006 39.00
2007 43.00
2008 44.00
2009 46.00
2010 45.00
2011 45.00
2012 45.00
2013 45.00
2014 56.00
2015 59.00
2016 63.00
2017 62.00
2018 70.00
2019 77.00
2020 60.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention