Lesotho - Tuberculosis case detection rate

Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms)

Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms) in Lesotho was 33.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 59.00 in 2003, while its lowest value was 33.00 in 2020.

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 58.00
2001 37.00
2002 49.00
2003 59.00
2004 50.00
2005 45.00
2006 50.00
2007 54.00
2008 49.00
2009 50.00
2010 49.00
2011 52.00
2012 51.00
2013 50.00
2014 51.00
2015 47.00
2016 49.00
2017 50.00
2018 51.00
2019 51.00
2020 33.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention