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. 2020 Aug;63(2):144–151. doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2019-0241TR

Table 1.

Annual Prevalence of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease in Select Western Countries

Study Country Database Annual Prevalence at Study Start Annual Prevalence at Study End
Adjemian et al. (4) United States Medicare Part B beneficiaries 1997: 20 per 100,000 2007: 47 per 100,000
Winthrop et al. (5) United States National managed care claims database (Optum) 2008: 6.78 per 100,000 2015: 11.7 per 100,000
 Age ≥ 65: 30.27 per 100,000  Age ≥ 65: 47.48 per 100,000
Ringshausen et al. (7) Germany Health Risk Institute health services database of statutory health insurance 2009: 2.3 per 100,000 2014: 3.3 per 100,000
Brode et al. (6) Canada (Ontario) Public Health Ontario Laboratory culture results 1998: 4.65 per 100,000 2010: 9.07 per 100,000
Santin et al. (8) Spain (Catalonia) Bellvitge University Hospital mycobacteria laboratory 1994: 2.2 per 100,000 2014: 2 per 100,000