Treatment success rate for patients treated for MDR-TB in United States of America
United States of America: Treatment success rate for patients treated for MDR-TB was 87.0% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Treatment success rate for patients treated for MDR-TB in United States of America, 2004–2021
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
United States of America recorded 87.0% for treatment success rate for patients treated for mdr-tb in 2021. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 8.8% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, treatment success rate for patients treated for mdr-tb in United States of America peaked at 87.0% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 59.0%, in 2012.
That places United States of America 27th out of 163 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Treatment success rate for patients treated for MDR-TB in United States of America, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 61.0% | — |
| 2006 | 72.0% | +18.0% |
| 2007 | 85.0% | +18.1% |
| 2008 | 67.0% | -21.2% |
| 2009 | 63.0% | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 70.0% | +11.1% |
| 2011 | 79.0% | +12.9% |
| 2012 | 59.0% | -25.3% |
| 2013 | 79.0% | +33.9% |
| 2014 | 78.0% | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 69.0% | -11.5% |
| 2016 | 69.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 77.0% | +11.6% |
| 2018 | 85.0% | +10.4% |
| 2019 | 84.0% | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 80.0% | -4.8% |
| 2021 | 87.0% | +8.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 69.6% | 61.0% | 85.0% | 5 |
| 2010s | 74.9% | 59.0% | 85.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.5% | 80.0% | 87.0% | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is treatment success rate for patients treated for mdr-tb in United States of America?
- Treatment success rate for patients treated for mdr-tb in United States of America was 87.0% in 2021, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest treatment success rate for patients treated for mdr-tb recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 87.0% in 2021.
- What is the lowest treatment success rate for patients treated for mdr-tb recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 59.0% in 2012.
- How does United States of America rank for treatment success rate for patients treated for mdr-tb?
- United States of America ranks 27th out of 163 countries with data for 2021.
- Is treatment success rate for patients treated for mdr-tb rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States of America data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Treatment success rate for patients treated for MDR-TB (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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