Table 1. Culture positive melioidosis cases per 100,000 population for each of the nine provinces.

Province	No. of cases	Population (2012)	Cases/100,000 population
WP	103	6,165,000	1.67
NWP	58	2,380,861	2.44
EP	47	1,555,510	3.02
SP	41	2,477,285	1.66
CP	16	2,571,557	0.62
NCP	9	1,266,663	0.71
UVA	8	1,266,463	0.63
SG	8	1,928,655	0.41
NP	12	1,061,315	1.13

WP-Western Province, SP-Southern Province

EP-Eastern Province, NP-Northern Province, NWP-North Western Province, SGP-Sabaragamuwa Province, CP-Central Province, NCP-North Central Province.