Table 3. Comparison of the results of the TB screening project conducted in the Jeollanam-do region: “annual TB screening program for vulnerable populations” and “2017 TB screening for the elderly”.
| TB screening program for vulnerable population* | 2017 TB screening for elderly | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | ||
| Total screening subjects | 13,649 | 14,513 | 10,453 | 8,105 | 12,402 |
| Suspected TB cases | 388 | 418 | 261 | 120 | 211 |
| Notified TB cases | 10 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| Case detection rate | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.13 |
| Number needed to screen | 1,365 | 1,116 | 3,484 | 1,621 | 775 |
*Korean National Tuberculosis Association (2017). Korean National Tuberculosis Association annual report 2016. Seoul: Korean National Tuberculosis Association15, with permission of Korean National Tuberculosis Association.
TB: tuberculosis.