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Table 2 Notified incident TB cases and rates among general population and Syrian refugees, Jordan, 2013–2015, and Lebanon, 2015

From: An evaluation of a tuberculosis case-finding and treatment program among Syrian refugees—Jordan and Lebanon, 2013–2015

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)
  1. aMidyear population estimates 2013–2015 from UN Population Division
  2. bMidyear population estimates from UNHCR data