Every Year, More Than 20,000 People Got Tuberculosis in Japan
Last year (2012) 21,283 persons were newly diagnosed as tuberculosis in Japan, and 2110 patients died by tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is the 26th cause of death in Japan. It is still a dangerous disease in the modern era. Here is the number of tuberculosis patients and mortality rate.
Statistics of New Patient
Year | New Patients | Disease rate (per 100,000) |
1999 | 43,818 | 34.6 |
2000 | 39,384 | 31 |
2001 | 35,489 | 27.9 |
2002 | 32,828 | 25.8 |
2003 | 31,638 | 24.8 |
2004 | 29,736 | 23.3 |
2005 | 28,319 | 22.2 |
2006 | 26,384 | 20.6 |
2007 | 25,311 | 19.8 |
2008 | 24,760 | 19.4 |
2009 | 24,170 | 19 |
2010 | 23,261 | 18.2 |
2011 | 22,681 | 17.7 |
2012 | 21,283 | 16.7 |
Statistics of mortality rate
Year | Rank in "cause of deaths list" | Number of deaths | Death rate (per 100,000) |
1999 | 21 | 2,935 | 2.3 |
2000 | 24 | 2,656 | 2.1 |
2001 | 25 | 2,491 | 2.0 |
2002 | 25 | 2,317 | 1.8 |
2003 | 25 | 2,337 | 1.9 |
2004 | 25 | 2,330 | 1.8 |
2005 | 25 | 2,296 | 1.8 |
2006 | 26 | 2,269 | 1.8 |
2007 | 27 | 2,194 | 1.7 |
2008 | 25 | 2,220 | 1.8 |
2009 | 24 | 2,159 | 1.7 |
2010 | 26 | 2,129 | 1.7 |
2011 | 25 | 2,166 | 1.7 |
2012 | 26 | 2,110 | 1.7 |
Source is Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
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