North America: Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, North America's tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) rose 6 percentage points on 2022 (from 73% to 79%).

Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was −0.27 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.82 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 11 percentage points in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was 22 percentage points in 2009. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.87 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 52% of the movement over 10 observed 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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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 24 values

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

• Afghanistan — 94% (2023)
• Algeria — 90% (2022)
• Bahrain — 92% (2023)
• Djibouti — 84% (2023)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 88% (2023)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 85% (2023)
• Iraq — 94% (2023)
• Israel — 85% (2023)
• Jordan — 84% (2023)
• Kuwait

More health data for North America

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 5.17% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 5.39% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 31.52 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 16.5% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 33.17 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 17.24% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 64.69 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 16.87% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 5.49% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is North America's tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases)?

79% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2000?

It is unchanged since 2000. The highest value was 85% in 2008 and the lowest 63% in 2009.

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

In 2023, North America's tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) rose 6 percentage points on 2022 (from 73% to 79%). Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was −0.27 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.82 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

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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