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Incidence of TB (all types) (per 100 000)

DefinitionNumber of cases of tuberculosis (all types) reported to the Department of Health per 100 000 population (for the year).

Note that reporting rates in some areas are far from complete and this may influence the values quite significantly.
ReferenceDepartment of Health (Directorate: Health Systems Research and Epidemiology). Notification System, Pretoria.
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Indicator Type: -> Health Status -> Infectious Disease -> Tuberculosis (TB) -> Case finding

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ECFSGPKZNLPMPNCNWWCZA
Incidence of TB (all types) (per 100 000) [Definition]
1998 Notification201.0245.0123.0110.040.0106.0300.0160.0464.0[1] 169.0
1999 565.1327.3223.5386.4109.1174.0536.8253.9756.8[2] 359.6
1999 Notification---------[3] 134.9
2000 424.5341.0319.5316.786.2177.7448.2345.1810.0[4] 349.4
2000 Notification---------[5] 214.0
2001 523.3462.3346.7436.4187.3224.0504.2396.1839.8[6] 425.7
2001 Notification---------[7] 234.9
2002 674.8497.4376.4564.7172.8207.1635.1481.2919.1[8] 496.8
2002 Notification---------[9] 198.0
2003 590.9611.1373.4782.2181.0238.1812.4525.3931.5[10] 550.1
2004 518.7642.0435.8723.3214.7229.5783.6551.2988.1[11] 550.9
2005 637.9708.3487.8885.9237.2333.6846.0711.51 037.2[12] 645.0
2006 705.0789.2500.71 075.8305.2463.3949.9737.91 030.7[13] 722.4
2007 786.9818.3453.61 094.0350.0561.5858.4732.61 005.7[14] 739.6
EC: Eastern Cape  FS: Free State  GP: Gauteng  KZN: KwaZulu-Natal  LP: Limpopo  MP: Mpumalanga  NC: Northern Cape  NW: North West  WC: Western Cape  ZA: South Africa  

Notes and References

  1. DoH Notification System: Department of Health (Directorate: Health Systems Research and Epidemiology). Notification System, Pretoria. http://www.doh.gov.za/facts/notify/
    Local copy: -
  2. DoH TB: Department of Health (TB section). Pretoria. http://www.doh.gov.za/tb/
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/TB/
    Number of cases: 154 804. Calculated using StatsSA 1999 mid-year population estimates. Note that the figures from notifiable disease reporting are much lower than these from the TB register system (which is considered to be reasonably accurate). The national reporting rate for this data for 1999 is 78.2% (ranging from 53% in KZN to 100% in NC, not given for MP and NW). Excel Spreadsheet received 2002-01-07.
  3. Stats Notes Jan 2001: Chief Directorate: Health Monitoring and Evaluation. Statistical Notes 3(1). Pretoria: Department of Health; January 2001. http://www.doh.gov.za/ Also available from http://www.doh.gov.za/facts/stats-notes/2000/oct00-notify.pdf
    Local copy: -
    Number of cases: 58081. Calculated using StatsSA 1999 mid-year population estimates. Note that these figures (from notifiable disease reporting) are much lower than those from the TB register system (which is considered to be reasonably accurate).
  4. DoH TB: Department of Health (TB section). Pretoria. http://www.doh.gov.za/tb/
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/TB/
    Number of cases: 151 239. Calculated using StatsSA 2000 mid-year population estimates With AIDS. Note that the figures from notifiable disease reporting are much lower than these from the TB register system (which is considered to be reasonably accurate). The national reporting rate for this data for 2000 is 82.7% (ranging from 40.2% in KZN to 98.8% in WC, not given for MP and NW).
  5. Stats Notes Jan 2001: Chief Directorate: Health Monitoring and Evaluation. Statistical Notes 3(1). Pretoria: Department of Health; January 2001. http://www.doh.gov.za/ Also available from http://www.doh.gov.za/facts/stats-notes/2000/oct00-notify.pdf
    Local copy: -
    Number of cases: 92646. Calculated using StatsSA 2000 mid-year population estimates With AIDS. Note that these figures (from notifiable disease reporting) are much lower than those from the TB register system (which is considered to be reasonably accurate).
  6. DoH TB: Department of Health (TB section). Pretoria. http://www.doh.gov.za/tb/
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/TB/
    Number of cases: 188 695. Calculated using StatsSA 2001 mid-year population estimates With AIDS. Note that the figures from notifiable disease reporting are much lower than these from the TB reporting system (which is considered to be reasonably accurate). The national reporting rate for this data for 2001 is 96.8% (ranging from 68.2% in KZN to 100% in 5 provinces). 6 provinces are using the Electronic TB Register (MP, NW, KZN, GT, WC, FS) TBSYS is being phased out (still in use in LP) EC and NC use the DHIS TB Module.
  7. DoH Notification System: Department of Health (Directorate: Health Systems Research and Epidemiology). Notification System, Pretoria. http://www.doh.gov.za/facts/notify/
    Local copy: -
    Number of cases: 104113
  8. DoH TB: Department of Health (TB section). Pretoria. http://www.doh.gov.za/tb/
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/TB/
    Number of cases: 224 420. Calculated using StatsSA 2002 mid-year population estimates With AIDS. Note that the figures from notifiable disease reporting are much lower than these from the TB reporting system (which is considered to be reasonably accurate).
  9. DoH Notification System: Department of Health (Directorate: Health Systems Research and Epidemiology). Notification System, Pretoria. http://www.doh.gov.za/facts/notify/
    Local copy: -
    Number of cases: 89 423
  10. DoH TB: Department of Health (TB section). Pretoria. http://www.doh.gov.za/tb/
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/TB/
  11. DoH TB: Department of Health (TB section). Pretoria. http://www.doh.gov.za/tb/
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/TB/
  12. DoH TB: Department of Health (TB section). Pretoria. http://www.doh.gov.za/tb/
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/TB/
  13. DoH TB: Department of Health (TB section). Pretoria. http://www.doh.gov.za/tb/
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/TB/
  14. DoH TB: Department of Health (TB section). Pretoria. http://www.doh.gov.za/tb/
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/TB/
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