American Samoa: Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases)

Key figures

Since 2000 it is unchanged since 2000. The World Bank has no value for 6 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2019, American Samoa's tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) did not change 0 percentage points on 2018 (from 100% to 100%).

Across the 10 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2018), the average change was −2.5 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 11.01 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 20 percentage points in 2018 and the biggest yearly fall was 20 percentage points in 2017. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

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Closest to American Samoa in the 2019 ranking

• St. Kitts and Nevis — 2nd of 2: 100%

What this measures

Tuberculosis treatment success rate is the percentage of all new tuberculosis cases (or new and relapse cases for some countries) registered under a national tuberculosis control programme in a given year that successfully completed treatment, with or without bacteriological evidence of success ("cured" and "treatment completed" respectively).

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 14 values

Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) in nearby economies

• Australia — 47% (2023)
• Brunei Darussalam — 75% (2023)
• Cambodia — 96% (2023)
• China — 95% (2023)
• Fiji — 60% (2023)
• French Polynesia — 78% (2022)
• Guam — 75% (2023)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 82% (2023)
• Indonesia — 86% (2023)
• Japan

More health data for American Samoa

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 7.22% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 7.52% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 6,017 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 26.36% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 6,111 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 26.33% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 12,128 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 26.35% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 9.28% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is American Samoa's tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases)?

100% in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2000?

It is unchanged since 2000. The highest value was 100% in 2000 and the lowest 75% in 2005.

Is the latest change in tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) unusual for American Samoa?

In 2019, American Samoa's tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) did not change 0 percentage points on 2018 (from 100% to 100%). Across the 10 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2018), the average change was −2.5 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 11.01 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Global Tuberculosis Report, World Health Organization (WHO).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.TBS.CURE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Global Tuberculosis Report, World Health Organization (WHO) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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