TABLE 4.

Total incidence of visceral leishmaniasis nationally and in the three major provinces in which it is endemic for the period from 2002 to 2011^a

Area	Period	Total no. of cases	Incidence/100,000b
Nationwide	2002–2011	3,169	0.0241 (0.0108–0.0381)
Xinjiang	2005–2010	1,208	0.9568 (0.5919–1.4500)
Gansu	2004–2010	748	0.4765 (0.2940–0.6114)
Sichuan	2003–2010	436	0.0658 (0.0253–0.0960)

^aThe values presented are summarized from data published by the Ministry of Health, People's Republic of China (69–75).

^bRanges of values for different regions are shown in parentheses.