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. 2022 May 13;22:195. doi: 10.1186/s12890-022-01993-1

Table 2.

Annual incidence of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) in Korea

Year Population Diagnostic code-based NTM-PD Clinically refined NTM-PD
Cases Incidence Cases Incidence
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
2008 24,822,897 24,717,470 49,540,367 831 917 1748 3.3 (3.1–3.6) 3.7 (3.5–4) 3.5 (3.4–3.7) 682 759 1441 2.7 (2.5–3) 3.1 (2.9–3.3) 2.9 (2.8–3.1)
2009 24,929,939 24,843,206 49,773,145 986 1281 2267 4.0 (3.8–4.3) 5.2 (4.9–5.4) 4.6 (4.4–4.7) 888 1135 2023 3.6 (3.3–3.8) 4.6 (4.3–4.8) 4.1 (3.9–4.2)
2010 25,310,385 25,205,281 50,515,666 1255 1722 2977 5.0 (4.7–5.2) 6.8 (6.5–7.2) 5.9 (5.7–6.1) 1147 1465 2612 4.5 (4.3–4.8) 5.8 (5.5–6.1) 5.2 (5.0–5.4)
2011 25,406,934 25,327,350 50,734,284 1636 2156 3792 6.4 (6.1–6.8) 8.5 (8.2–8.9) 7.5 (7.2–7.7) 1497 1840 3337 5.9 (5.6–6.2) 7.3 (6.9–7.6) 6.6 (6.4–6.8)
2012 25,504,060 25,444,212 50,948,272 1851 2447 4298 7.3 (6.9–7.6) 9.6 (9.2–10) 8.4 (8.2–8.7) 1686 2084 3770 6.6 (6.3–6.9) 8.2 (7.8–8.5) 7.4 (7.2–7.6)
2013 25,588,336 25,553,127 51,141,463 2015 2786 4801 7.9 (7.5–8.2) 10.9 (10.5–11.3) 9.4 (9.1–9.7) 1852 2333 4185 7.2 (6.9–7.6) 9.1 (8.8–9.5) 8.2 (7.9–8.4)
2014 25,669,296 25,658,620 51,327,916 2170 3197 5367 8.5 (8.1–8.8) 12.5 (12–12.9) 10.5 (10.2–10.7) 1972 2672 4644 7.7 (7.3–8) 10.4 (10–10.8) 9.0 (8.8–9.3)
2015 25,758,186 25,771,152 51,529,338 2547 4235 6782 9.9 (9.5–10.3) 16.4 (15.9–16.9) 13.2 (12.8–13.5) 2185 2869 5054 8.5 (8.1–8.8) 11.1 (10.7–11.5) 9.8 (9.5–10.1)
2016 25,827,594 25,868,622 51,696,216 2924 6214 9138 11.3 (10.9–11.7) 24.0 (23.4–24.6) 17.7 (17.3–18.0) 2544 3278 5822 9.8 (9.5–10.2) 12.7 (12.2–13.1) 11.3 (11.0–11.6)
2017 25,855,919 25,922,625 51,778,544 2784 6805 9589 10.8 (10.4–11.2) 26.3 (25.6–26.9) 18.5 (18.1–18.9) 2482 3579 6061 9.6 (9.2–10) 13.8 (13.4–14.3) 11.7 (11.4–12)
2018 25,866,129 25,959,930 51,826,059 2980 6332 9312 11.5 (11.1–11.9) 24.4 (23.8–25) 18.0 (17.6–18.3) 2616 3756 6372 10.1 (9.7–10.5) 14.5 (14.0–14.9) 12.3 (12.0–12.6)
Overall 21,979 38,092 60,071 7.8 (7.7–7.9) 13.6 (13.5–13.7) 10.7 (10.6–10.8) 19,551 25,770 45,321 7.0 (6.9–7.1) 9.2 (9.1–9.3) 8.1 (8.0–8.2)