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

Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms) in Zambia was 68.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 77.00 in 2003, while its lowest value was 58.00 in 2018.

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 63.00
2001 59.00
2002 71.00
2003 77.00
2004 74.00
2005 69.00
2006 68.00
2007 67.00
2008 64.00
2009 66.00
2010 66.00
2011 65.00
2012 62.00
2013 62.00
2014 61.00
2015 59.00
2016 62.00
2017 59.00
2018 58.00
2019 61.00
2020 68.00

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