TABLE 1.

New cases of Buruli ulcer reported from 2002 to 2015 by countries where Buruli ulcer is endemic^a

Country	No. of new cases of Buruli ulcer in:
	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002
Australia	110	89	74	105	143	42	35	40	61	72	47	34	14	32
Benin	311	330	378	365	492	572	674	897	1,203	1,195	1,045	925	722	565
Cote d'Ivoire	549	827	1,039	1,386	1,659	2,533	2,679	2,242	2,191	1,872	1,564	1,153	768	750
Cameroon	133	126	133	160	256	287	323	312	230	271	265	914	223	132
Congo	ND	ND	6	38	56	107	147	126	99	370	53	235	180	102
Democratic Republic of the Congo	234	192	214	284	209	136	172	260	340	74	51	487	119	17
Equatorial Guinea	ND	ND	ND	ND	0	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	3	ND	ND	ND
Gabon	40	47	59	45	59	65	41	53	32	54	91	43	ND	ND
Ghana	275	443	550	632	971	1,048	853	986	668	1,096	1,005	1,157	737	853
Guinea	72	46	96	82	59	24	61	80	ND	279	208	146	157	ND
Japan	3	7	10	4	10	9	5	2	3	1	1	1	ND	ND
Liberia	105	ND	8	21	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Nigeria	113	65	23	40	4	7	24	ND	ND	9	ND	ND	ND	ND
Papua New Guinea	11	3	ND	ND	8	5	8	24	26	ND	ND	31	18	13
Sierra Leone	ND	ND	ND	ND	28	ND	ND	1	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
South Sudan	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	4	5	3	8	38	24	4	360	568
Togo	81	67	37	51	52	67	52	95	141	40	317	800	38	96
Uganda	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	3	24	31	5	72	7	10	117

^aData are from reference 344. ND, not determined.