Table 2.
Geographic Distribution of Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Cases, by District
| District | No. (% of Total) |
Population, Thousands | Genomically Linked (% of Total) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amajuba | 4 (1.2) | 500 (4.9) | 1 (0.5) |
| eThekwini | 115 (33) | 3400 (33) | 53 (29) |
| iLembe | 11 (3.2) | 607 (5.9) | 7 (4) |
| Sisonke | 4 (1.2) | 461 (4.5) | 3 (2) |
| Ugu | 32 (9.3) | 722 (7.0) | 14 (8) |
| Umgungundlovu | 37 (10.8) | 1018 (10) | 26 (14) |
| Umkhanyakude | 19 (5.5) | 626 (6.1) | 9 (5) |
| Umzinyathi | 53 (15.4) | 510 (5.0) | 37 (20) |
| Uthukela | 15 (4.4) | 669 (6.5) | 9 (5) |
| Uthungulu | 30 (8.7) | 908 (8.8) | 16 (9) |
| Zululand | 24 (7.0) | 840 (8.2) | 7 (4) |
| Total | 344 | 10261 | 182 |
Population by district and percentage of cases in each district with at least 1 genomic link. Population statistics sourced from the Statistics South Africa 2011 Census (http://www.statssa.gov.za/).