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. 2020 Oct 16;5:871–888. doi: 10.1016/j.idm.2020.10.004

Table 11.

Additional examples of LB rates for various countries.

Estimates for some Countries Population (millions) 2018 At risk population LB Incidence LB Prevalence Total Infections
Australia 25.1 10.0 36,000 183,000 770,000
Brazil 210.9 84.4 305,000 1,541,000 6,500,000
Bulgaria 7.0 7.0 25,000 128,000 540,000
Canada 37.0 14.8 53,000 270,000 1,140,000
Cuba 11.1 4.4 16,000 81,000 340,000
Czech rep 10.6 10.6 38,000 194,000 820,000
Denmark 5.8 5.8 21,000 107,000 450,000
Finland 5.5 2.2 8000 40,000 170,000
Hungary 9.7 3.9 14,000 71,000 300,000
Japan 127.2 50.9 184,000 929,000 3,920,000
Korea 51.2 20.5 74,000 375,000 1,580,000
Mexico 130.8 52.3 189,000 955,000 4,030,000
New Zealand 4.9 2.0 7000 36,000 150,000
Portugal 10.2 4.1 15,000 73,000 310,000
Romania 19.6 19.6 71,000 358,000 1,510,000
Serbia 8.7 8.7 31,000 159,000 670,000
South Africa 57.7 23.1 83,000 422,000 1,780,000
Spain 46.4 18.6 67,000 339,000 1,430,000
Switzerland 8.5 8.5 31,000 156,000 660,000
USA 327.2 130.9 473,000 2,392,000 10,090,000

The estimates are based on the mean of the two models where data are available as input. At risk population based on US model (see text).