Ghana - Tuberculosis case detection rate

Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms)

Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms) in Ghana was 29.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 34.00 in 2019, while its lowest value was 26.00 in 2000.

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 26.00
2001 28.00
2002 27.00
2003 27.00
2004 27.00
2005 27.00
2006 28.00
2007 28.00
2008 31.00
2009 33.00
2010 32.00
2011 34.00
2012 33.00
2013 34.00
2014 33.00
2015 32.00
2016 32.00
2017 32.00
2018 32.00
2019 34.00
2020 29.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention