Table 5. Estimated annual numbers of new cases in endemic provinces of China.
Chinese province | Population at risk | Estimated prevalence | Estimated median number of new cases per year |
Gansu | 3.6 million | 2.9% | 7676 |
Inner Mongolia | 3 million | 0.02% | 44 |
Qinghai | 5.4 million | 1.0% | 3766 |
Ningxia | 1.2 million | 2.0% | 1770 |
Sichuan | 0.92 million | 3.6% | 2390 |
Tibet Autonomous Region | 2.7 million | 0.1% | 172 |
Xinjiang | 5.8 million | 0.2% | 811 |