United States - Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases)

Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) in United States was 75.00 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 86.00 in 2008, while its lowest value was 62.00 in 2009.

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 83.00
2001 83.00
2002 83.00
2003 83.00
2004 84.00
2005 83.00
2006 84.00
2007 85.00
2008 86.00
2009 62.00
2010 66.00
2011 80.00
2012 84.00
2013 83.00
2014 85.00
2015 83.00
2016 80.00
2017 77.00
2018 79.00
2019 75.00

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Tuberculosis is one of the main causes of adult deaths from a single infectious agent in developing countries. Data on the success rate of tuberculosis treatment are provided for countries that have submitted data to the WHO. The treatment success rate for tuberculosis provides a useful indicator of the quality of health services. A low rate suggests that infectious patients may not be receiving adequate treatment. An important complement to the tuberculosis treatment success rate is the case detection rate, which indicates whether there is adequate coverage by the recommended case detection and treatment strategy.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention