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

Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms) in Iraq was 46.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 97.00 in 2002, while its lowest value was 46.00 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 82.00
2001 87.00
2002 97.00
2003 93.00
2004 82.00
2005 73.00
2006 62.00
2007 60.00
2008 69.00
2009 70.00
2010 72.00
2011 65.00
2012 63.00
2013 63.00
2014 62.00
2015 62.00
2016 57.00
2017 62.00
2018 61.00
2019 60.00
2020 46.00

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