Korea - Tuberculosis treatment success rate

Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases)

Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) in Korea was 82.00 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 89.00 in 2010, while its lowest value was 79.00 in 2001.

Definition: Tuberculosis treatment success rate is the percentage of all new tuberculosis cases (or new and relapse cases for some countries) registered under a national tuberculosis control programme in a given year that successfully completed treatment, with or without bacteriological evidence of success ("cured" and "treatment completed" respectively).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Tuberculosis Report.

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Year Value
2000 83.00
2001 79.00
2002 83.00
2003 82.00
2004 81.00
2005 83.00
2006 82.00
2007 83.00
2008 84.00
2009 83.00
2010 89.00
2011 81.00
2012 81.00
2013 82.00
2014 81.00
2015 84.00
2016 84.00
2017 83.00
2018 82.00
2019 82.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention