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The objective of this section is to present the best available data on a wide range of health and related indicators.  This should provide health planners and managers with easy access to data from a variety of sources.





 

 

 

Incidence of TB (PTB new Sm+) (per 100 000)

DefinitionNumber of cases of tuberculosis (pulmonary TB, new smear positive cases) 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.
Keywords
Indicator Type: -> Health Status -> Infectious Disease -> Tuberculosis (TB) -> Case finding

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Related links

 
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