São Tomé and Principe - Tuberculosis case detection rate

Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms)

Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms) in São Tomé and Principe was 36.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 240.00 in 2003, while its lowest value was 36.00 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 57.00
2001 57.00
2002 57.00
2003 240.00
2004 57.00
2005 57.00
2006 57.00
2007 57.00
2008 57.00
2009 57.00
2010 57.00
2011 57.00
2012 57.00
2013 57.00
2014 57.00
2015 57.00
2016 57.00
2017 57.00
2018 57.00
2019 57.00
2020 36.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention