Tuberculosis In Malaysia 2017

Countries can update information at any time via who s tb data collection system or for countries in the european region via the ecdc who europe joint surveillance system.

Tuberculosis in malaysia 2017. Tuberculosis risk tuberculosis is highly endemic and a major public health problem in malaysia. Try our corporate solution for free. Kuala lumpur dec 16 tuberculosis tb claims about 1 500 to 2 000 lives annually in malaysia with an average of six deaths occurring every day. Incidence of tuberculosis is the estimated number of new pulmonary smear positive and extra pulmonary tuberculosis cases.

Tuberculosis tb is an airbone bacterial infection caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis country profiles they are available for all countries and territories asked to report tb data to who. In 2018 incidence of tuberculosis for malaysia was 92 cases per 100 000 people. Incidence of tuberculosis of malaysia increased from 68 cases per 100 000 people in 2004 to 92 cases per 100 000 people in 2018 growing at an average annual rate of 2 23.

Deaths due to tb in 2015 was at 5 5 per 100 000 population and has risen to 6 8 per 100 000 last year he said at the national level of the world tb and leprosy day celebration at the felda. There were 26 168 cases of tb reported in malaysia in 2017 compared to 24 220 cases in 2015. Incidence of tuberculosis of malaysia increased from 73 cases per 100 000 people in 2003 to 94 cases per 100 000 people in 2017 growing at an average annual rate of 1 90. Kuala lumpur march 26 the number of tuberculosis tb cases in malaysia declined 1 3 per cent in 2018 recording a total of 25 837 cases compared to 26 168 cases in the previous year.

On a separate issue lee said e cigarettes may still be allowed by prescription if proven effective in. Tb can be acquired by breathing contaminated air droplets coughed or sneezed by a person nearby who has active tuberculosis. According to health director general datuk dr noor hisham abdullah via a statement on his official website today selangor recorded the highest number of tb cases in 2018 with 5 071 followed by sabah 5 008. In 2017 incidence of tuberculosis for malaysia was 94 cases per 100 000 people.

This statistic shows the rates of deaths from tuberculosis in malaysia from 2005 to 2017.