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Global Tuberculosis Report -- 2012.pdf

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Estimates of mortality, prevalence and incidenceEstimated values are shown as best estimates followed by lower and upper bounds. The lower and upper bounds aredefined as the 2.5th and 97.5th centiles of outcome distributions produced in simulations. See Annex 1 for furtherdetails.Estimated numbers are shown rounded to two significant figures. Estimated rates are shown rounded to three significantfigures unless the value is under 100, in which case rates are shown rounded to two significant figures. Blank cellsindicate that estimates are not available.Estimates for all years are recalculated as new information becomes available and techniques are refined, so they maydiffer from those published in previous reports in this series. Estimates published in previous global TB control reportsshould no longer be used.Data sourceData shown in this annex are taken from the WHO global TB database on 25 September 2012. Data shown in the mainpart of the report were taken from the database in July 2012. As a result, data in this annex may differ slightly fromthose in the main part of the report.Data can be downloaded from www.who.int/tb/data.Country notesSouth AfricaTreatment outcomes in Table A4.5 for 2010 are based on incomplete data.148 Data can be downloaded from www.who.int/tb/data GLOBAL TUBERCULOSIS REPORT 2012

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