Table 2 Notified incident TB cases and rates among general population and Syrian refugees, Jordan, 2013–2015, and Lebanon, 2015
Jordan | |||
Year | 2013 n (%) | 2014 n (%) | 2015 n (%) |
Notified incident TB cases (all forms) | 324 | 379 | 421 |
Total population including foreign-borna | 7,215,000 | 7,416,000 | 7,595,000 |
Calculated TB notification rate (notified cases/total population) | 4.5/100,000 | 5.1/100,000 | 5.5/100,000 |
Notified incident TB cases among native Jordanians | 179 (55.2) | 216 (57.0) | 196 (46.6) |
Notified incident TB cases among foreign-born non-Syrians | 66 (20.4) | 91 (24.0) | 167 (39.7) |
Notified incident TB cases among Syrian refugees | 79 (24.4) | 72 (19.0) | 58 (13.8) |
Total Syrian refugee populationb | 491,365 | 604,868 | 629,128 |
Calculated TB notification rate among Syrian refugees (notified cases/total population) (95% CI) | 16.1/100,000 (12.9–20.0) | 11.9/100,000 (9.4–15.0) | 9.2/100,000 (7.1–11.9) |
Lebanon | |||
Year | 2015 n (%) | ||
Notified incident TB cases (all forms) | 650 | ||
Total population including foreign-borna | 5,851,000 | ||
Calculated TB notification rate (notified cases/total population) | 11.1/100,000 | ||
Notified incident TB cases among native Lebanese | 297 (45.7) | ||
Notified incident TB cases among foreign-born non-Syrians | 214 (32.9) | ||
Notified incident TB cases among Syrian refugees | 139 (21.4) | ||
Total Syrian refugee populationb | 1,174,830 | ||
Calculated TB notification rate among Syrian refugees (notified cases/total population) (95% CI) | 11.8/100,000 (10.0–14.0) | ||