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International Tuberculosis Incidence Rates
The following rates are based upon the World Health Organization's (WHO) most recently available three years (2004, 2005 and 2006) of estimated sputum smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) rates. The three year moving average is used to adjust for unstable rates in some jurisdictions. The estimated sputum smear positive pulmonary TB rates are used, rather than the country/territory reported incidence rates, as they adjust for under-reporting of cases in some jurisdictions and are more indicative of the current risk of being infected by residence or prolonged travel in the country/territory. These rates are effective March 24, 2008 and will be revised annually.
For advice on the use of these rates in TB screening programs, please contact your local public health unit/TB program, provincial/territorial TB program or Tuberculosis Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada.
Sources for current calculations: World Health Organization,
Global Tuberculosis Control: Surveillance, Planning, Financing.
Who Reports 2006, 2007 and 2008. Geneva, Switzerland,(www.who.int/tb/publications/global_report/en/
)
| Countries | WHO estimated sputum smear
positive pulmonary TB rate per 100 000 (3 year average) 2004/2005/2006 |
Countries | WHO estimated sputum smear
positive pulmonary TB rate per 100 000 (3 year average) 2004/2005/2006 |
|
Afghanistan |
100 |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
8 |
|
Albania |
9 |
Lithuania |
28 |
|
Algeria |
25 |
Luxembourg |
5 |
|
American Samoa |
7 |
Madagascar |
104 |
|
Andorra |
8 |
Malawi |
161 |
|
Angola |
120 |
Malaysia |
46 |
|
Anguilla |
11 |
Maldives |
21 |
|
Antigua & Barbuda |
3 |
Mali |
124 |
|
Argentina |
18 |
Malta |
3 |
|
Armenia |
33 |
Marshall Islands |
76 |
|
Australia |
3 |
Mauritania |
134 |
|
Austria |
6 |
Mauritius |
22 |
|
Azerbaijan |
34 |
Mexico |
11 |
|
Bahamas |
17 |
Micronesia |
40 |
|
Bahrain |
19 |
Monaco |
1 |
|
Bangladesh |
102 |
Mongolia |
86 |
|
Barbados |
5 |
Montenegro |
15 |
|
Belarus |
28 |
Montserrat |
4 |
|
Belgium |
6 |
Morocco |
44 |
|
Belize |
21 |
Mozambique |
187 |
|
Benin |
39 |
Myanmar |
76 |
|
Bermuda |
2 |
Namibia |
298 |
|
Bhutan |
46 |
Nauru |
37 |
|
Bolivia |
94 |
Nepal |
81 |
|
Bosnia & Herzegovina |
23 |
Netherlands |
3 |
|
Botswana |
248 |
Netherlands Antilles |
4 |
|
Brazil |
28 |
New Caledonia |
16 |
|
British Virgin Islands |
7 |
New Zealand |
4 |
|
Brunei Darussalam |
28 |
Nicaragua |
27 |
|
Bulgaria |
17 |
Niger |
74 |
|
Burkina Faso |
97 |
Nigeria |
128 |
|
Burundi |
152 |
Niue |
17 |
|
Cambodia |
224 |
Northern Mariana Is |
32 |
|
Cameroon |
78 |
Norway |
2 |
|
Canada |
2 |
Oman |
5 |
|
Cape Verde |
77 |
Pakistan |
82 |
|
Cayman Islands |
2 |
Palau |
24 |
|
Central African Republic |
138 |
Panama |
20 |
|
Chad |
124 |
Papua New Guinea |
109 |
|
Chile |
7 |
Paraguay |
32 |
|
China |
45 |
Peru |
77 |
|
China, Hong Kong SAR |
32 |
Philippines |
131 |
|
China, Macao SAR |
33 |
Poland |
12 |
|
Colombia |
21 |
Portugal |
16 |
|
Comoros |
20 |
Puerto Rico |
2 |
|
Congo |
166 |
Qatar |
26 |
|
Cook Islands |
9 |
Rep. Korea |
41 |
|
Costa Rica |
6 |
Republic of Moldova |
62 |
|
Côte d'Ivoire |
173 |
Romania |
61 |
|
Croatia |
18 |
Russian Federation |
51 |
|
Cuba |
4 |
Rwanda |
160 |
|
Cyprus |
2 |
Saint Kitts & Nevis |
5 |
|
Czech Republic |
5 |
Saint Lucia |
7 |
|
Denmark |
3 |
Samoa |
10 |
|
Djibouti |
338 |
San Marino |
3 |
|
Dominica |
7 |
Sao Tome & Principe |
47 |
|
Dominican Republic |
40 |
Saudi Arabia |
19 |
|
DPR Korea |
80 |
Senegal |
115 |
|
DR Congo |
163 |
Serbia |
15 |
|
Ecuador |
59 |
Seychelles |
15 |
|
Egypt |
11 |
Sierra Leone |
213 |
|
El Salvador |
23 |
Singapore |
14 |
|
Equatorial Guinea |
105 |
Slovakia |
8 |
|
Eritrea |
96 |
Slovenia |
7 |
|
Estonia |
19 |
Solomon Islands |
51 |
|
Ethiopia |
158 |
Somalia |
127 |
|
Fiji |
11 |
South Africa |
307 |
|
Finland |
3 |
Spain |
12 |
|
France |
6 |
Sri Lanka |
27 |
|
French Polynesia |
13 |
St Vincent & Grenadines |
13 |
|
Gabon |
134 |
Sudan |
102 |
|
Gambia |
108 |
Suriname |
29 |
|
Georgia |
37 |
Swaziland |
480 |
|
Germany |
3 |
Sweden |
3 |
|
Ghana |
91 |
Switzerland |
3 |
|
Greece |
8 |
Syrian Arab Republic |
16 |
|
Grenada |
2 |
Tajikistan |
87 |
|
Guam |
20 |
TFYR Macedonia |
13 |
|
Guatemala |
34 |
Thailand |
63 |
|
Guinea |
109 |
Timor-Leste |
250 |
|
Guinea-Bissau |
91 |
Togo |
164 |
|
Guyana |
67 |
Tokelau |
21 |
|
Haiti |
133 |
Tonga |
12 |
|
Honduras |
34 |
Trinidad & Tobago |
4 |
|
Hungary |
10 |
Tunisia |
11 |
|
Iceland |
1 |
Turkey |
13 |
|
India |
75 |
Turkmenistan |
30 |
|
Indonesia |
108 |
Turks & Caicos Islands |
9 |
|
Iran |
11 |
Tuvalu |
94 |
|
Iraq |
37 |
Uganda |
162 |
|
Ireland |
5 |
Ukraine |
45 |
|
Israel |
3 |
United Arab Emirates |
7 |
|
Italy |
3 |
United Kingdom |
6 |
|
Jamaica |
3 |
UR Tanzania |
143 |
|
Japan |
12 |
Uruguay |
12 |
|
Jordan |
2 |
US Virgin Islands |
5 |
|
Kazakhstan |
64 |
USA |
2 |
|
Kenya |
232 |
Uzbekistan |
53 |
|
Kiribati |
122 |
Vanuatu |
27 |
|
Kuwait |
11 |
Venezuela |
19 |
|
Kyrgyzstan |
55 |
Viet Nam |
78 |
|
Lao PDR |
69 |
Wallis & Futuna Is |
18 |
|
Latvia |
28 |
West Bank and Gaza Strip |
10 |
|
Lebanon |
5 |
Yemen |
37 |
|
Lesotho |
271 |
Zambia |
252 |
|
Liberia |
137 |
Zimbabwe |
248 |
