Table 3.
Reported cases of tuberculosis by year from NTP data
| TB Case Notifications - 1994 to 2003 | ||||||
| Year | Total | Smpos(%)1* new PTB4‡ |
Smneg(%)2□ new PTB |
EPTB(%) new |
Smpos(%) PTB relapse |
Other (%)3□ |
| 1994 | 19496 | 5988(31) | 8958(46) | 4046(21) | 504(2) | - |
| 1995 | 19155 | 6295(33) | 7054(37) | 5255(27) | 551(3) | - |
| 1996 | 20630 | 6703(32) | 8070(39) | 5328(26) | 529(3) | - |
| 1997 | 20676 | 7587(37) | 7481(36) | 5101(25) | 507(2) | - |
| 1998 | 22674 | 8765(39) | 8311(37) | 4993(22) | 605(2) | - |
| 1999 | 24396 | 8132(33) | 10013(41) | 5583(23) | 668(3) | - |
| 2000 | 24846 | 8267(33) | 8799 (35) | 5723(23) | 758(3) | 1299(6) |
| 2001 | 27672 | 8309(30) | 10763(39) | 6145(22) | 877(3) | 1578(6) |
| 2002 | 26532 | 7687(29) | 10660(40) | 5377(20) | 872(3) | 1936(8) |
| 2003 | 28234 | 7716(27) | 11246(40) | 5829(21) | 1050(4) | 2393(8) |
1
* Smpos = sputum smear positive
2
□ Smneg = sputum smear negative
3
□ other = all recurrent TB cases not included as smear positive relapse
4
‡ PTB = pulmonary TB