Table 1.

The notification rate of sputum-smear positive tuberculosis per 100,000 persons in Zimbabwe during 2008–2011 for each of the 10 provinces and the nation as a whole

Province	2008	2009	2010	2011
Harare/Chitungwiza City	139.02**	133.80**	140.97**	106.85**
Bulawayo	131.53**	119.71**	165.37**	117.20**
Matabeleland North	105.54**	93.91	124.69*	95.33*
Matabeleland South	146.24**	113.47**	146.24*	124.03**
Masvingo	57.18**	59.53**	78.76**	68.92**
Mashonaland West	50.22**	48.09**	93.09**	93.66*
Mashonaland East	60.32**	96.86	102.27*	76.64**
Mashonaland Central	80.37*	91.82	118.64*	82.38
Midlands	76.91**	84.77**	92.69**	61.75**
Manicaland	116.51**	119.00**	95.22**	72.41**
National average	90.37	96.62	111.69	86.68

* A p value less than 0.05 based on a Mantel–Haenszel Chi Square Test comparing the provincial notification rate to the national notification rate

** A p-value less than 0.01 based on a Mantel–Haenszel Chi Square Test comparing the provincial notification rate to the national notification rate