Country | Incidence of all forms of TB as reported by the country | Incidence of smear positive PTB* as reported by the country | Foreign born proportion of all cases of TB% | % of cases for which country of birth status is known† |
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TB screening program present | ||||
United States | 4.6 | 2‡ | 57 | |
Germany | 6.6 | 1.7 | 43.3 | 97 |
France | 8.5 | 3.3 | 45 | |
Canada | 5 | 2 | 64 | 97 |
United Kingdom | 15‡ | 7‡ | 73 | |
Australia | 5.8 | 3 | 81.6 | |
Israel | 5.5 | 1 | 82.3 | |
Switzerland | 7 | 2 | 78 | 75 |
Jordan | 6.4 | 2 | 38 | |
New Zealand | 8.6 | 2.6 | 70 | 85 |
Netherlands | 6.2 | 1.3 | 63 | |
Norway | 6.3 | 1 | 81 | |
Sweden | 5.5 | 1.2 | 72 | |
Mean | 7.0 | 2.3 | 65 | |
TB screening programs absent | ||||
Japan | 22‡ | 10‡ | 4 | |
Spain | 18.3 | 5 | 25 | 76 |
Italy | 7.5 | 3 | 46.2 | |
Mean | 15.9 | 6.0 | 25 |