Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100,000 people) - Country Ranking - Central America & the Caribbean

Definition: Incidence of tuberculosis is the estimated number of new and relapse tuberculosis cases arising in a given year, expressed as the rate per 100,000 population. All forms of TB are included, including cases in people living with HIV. 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.

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Haiti 168.00 2020
2 El Salvador 55.00 2020
3 Dominica 47.00 2020
4 Nicaragua 42.00 2020
5 Dominican Republic 41.00 2020
6 Panama 32.00 2020
7 Honduras 30.00 2020
8 Guatemala 27.00 2020
9 Belize 23.00 2020
10 Trinidad and Tobago 18.00 2020
11 Costa Rica 10.00 2020
12 The Bahamas 9.10 2020
13 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 6.70 2020
14 Cuba 6.30 2020
15 St. Kitts and Nevis 4.30 2020
16 Cayman Islands 3.50 2020
17 Grenada 2.80 2020
18 Barbados 2.40 2020
18 Jamaica 2.40 2020
20 Antigua and Barbuda 2.30 2020
21 St. Lucia 2.20 2020
22 Puerto Rico 1.10 2020

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Limitations and Exceptions: The limited availability of data on health status is a major constraint in assessing the health situation in developing countries. Surveillance data are lacking for many major public health concerns. Estimates of prevalence and incidence are available for some diseases but are often unreliable and incomplete. National health authorities differ widely in capacity and willingness to collect or report information. To compensate for this and improve reliability and international comparability, the World Health Organization (WHO) prepares estimates in accordance with epidemiological models and statistical standards. Uncertainty bounds for the incidence are available at http://data.worldbank.org

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. In developed countries tuberculosis has reemerged largely as a result of cases among immigrants. Since tuberculosis incidence cannot be directly measured, estimates are obtained by eliciting expert opinion or are derived from measurements of prevalence or mortality.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual