Table 1 Multi-drug resistance in new cases of tuberculosis with an estimated incidence greater than 3 per 100,000 of the population ranked in order of descending incidence.
Country/Setting | Date of survey | Population surveyed | Estimated incidence TB per 100,000 | Estimated number of MDR-TB cases | Estimated incidence MDR-TB per 100,000 | % TB cases with MDR | Ranking by % MDR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan) | 2001–2002 | 1,527,009 | 267.4 | 539 | 35.30 | 13.2% | 3 |
Kazakhstan | 2001 | 14,831,400 | 155.7 | 3,279 | 22.11 | 14.2% | 1 |
Mpumalanga Province (SA) | 2001–2002 | 3,111,069 | 578 | 468 | 15.03 | 2.6% | 17 |
Kwazulu-Natal Province (SA) | 2001–2002 | 9,146,297 | 827 | 1,286 | 14.06 | 1.7% | 25 |
Tomsk Oblast (Russ. Fed.) | 2002 | 941,278 | 931 | 120 | 12.74 | 13.7% | 2 |
North Arcot District (India) | 1999 | 5,664,823 | 400 | 634 | 11.20 | 2.8% | 16 |
North West Province (SA) | 2002–2002 | 3,625,924 | 486 | 388 | 10.69 | 2.2% | 20 |
Limpopo Province (SA) | 2001–2002 | 5,683,605 | 443 | 604 | 10.63 | 2.4% | 19 |
Free State Province (SA) | 2001–2002 | 2,834,519 | 530 | 270 | 9.54 | 1.8% | 24 |
Gauteng Province (SA) | 2001–2002 | 8,020,408 | 670 | 752 | 9.38 | 1.4% | 27 |
Hubei Province (China) | 1999 | 59,165,000 | 440 | 5,467 | 9.24 | 2.1% | 21 |
Mozambique | 1998–1999 | 16,916,638 | 254 | 1,504 | 8.89 | 3.5% | 13 |
Eastern Cape Province (SA) | 2001–2002 | 7,001,260 | 875 | 613 | 8.75 | 1.0% | 31 |
Zambia | 2000 | 10,205,0002 | 475 | 891 | 8.55 | 1.8% | 24 |
Western Cape Province (SA) | 2001–2002 | 4,255,743 | 932 | 357 | 8.39 | 0.9% | 32 |
Liaoning Province (China) | 1999 | 40,900,000 | 80 | 3,403 | 8.32 | 10.4% | 4 |
Peru | 1999 | 25,232,226 | 265 | 2,006 | 7.95 | 3.0% | 14 |
Latvia | 2000 | 237,300 | 821 | 181 | 7.63 | 9.3% | 6 |
Lithuania | 2002 | 3,487,000 | 74.7 | 245 | 7.02 | 9.4% | 5 |
Estonia | 2000 | 1,369,515 | 55.51 | 93 | 6.77 | 12.2% | 3 |
Botswana | 2002 | 1,680,863 | 620 | 83 | 4.96 | 0.8% | 33 |
Ivanovo Oblast (Russian Fed.) | 1998 | 1,271,100 | 52 | 59 | 4.68 | 9.0% | 7 |
Dashoguz Velayat (Turkmenistan) | 2001–2002 | 1,141,900 | 92.9 | 40 | 3.53 | 3.8% | 12 |
Raichur District (India) | 1999 | 1,783,822 | 127 | 57 | 3.18 | 2.5% | 18 |
Henan Province (China) | 2001 | 94,350,000 | 38.51 | 2,833 | 3.00 | 7.8% | 8 |