Table 1—

Who is screened for tuberculosis(TB)?

CountryIncidence# in 2005ContactsTB among foreign born %New immigrants
Georgia144.1S+PTB0+None
Ukraine93.3S+PTB0+None
Turkey28.1S+PTB0+None
Italy§7.1S+PTB44>40 per 100000
Finland§6.9S+PTB10Asylum seekers and immigrants from the former Soviet Union
Iceland3.7S+PTB64Non-EU
Romania§135.2Pulmonary0None
Tajikistan109.8Pulmonary0+>40 per 100000
Uzbekistan108.6Pulmonary0+None
Armenia77.0Pulmonary0+None
Turkmenistan68.1Pulmonary0+None
Portugal§33.7Pulmonary12None
FYR Macedonia32.3Pulmonary0+None
Montenegro27.3Pulmonary1+>40 per 100000
Croatia25.1Pulmonary9None
Albania17.3Pulmonary0+None
Slovakia§14.1Pulmonary4Asylum seekers
Slovenia§14.1Pulmonary17>40 per 100000
Austria§11.6Pulmonary44+None
Ireland§11.1Pulmonary31None
Belgium§11.0Pulmonary51+>50 per 100000
France§8.6Pulmonary and children45>40 per 100000
Switzerland7.8Pulmonary60Asylum seekers; school children from >50 per 100000
Germany§7.3Pulmonary43Asylum seekers
Greece§6.9Pulmonary29All
Norway6.3Pulmonary78Non-western Europe
Sweden§6.3Pulmonary73>100 per 100000
Malta§5.7Pulmonary and child extrapulmonary74+>25 per 100000
Kazakhstan210.4All TB0+All
Kyrgyzstan128.5All TB0+None
Moldova149.3All TB1+None
Russian Federation109.0All TB1+All
Azerbaijan94.2All TB0+None
Belarus65.2All TB0+All
Lithuania§75.0All TB3All
Latvia§62.5All TB6All
Bosnia & Herzegovena55.3All TB0+None
Bulgaria§42.7All TB0+All
Estonia§39.0All TB16None
Serbia31.8All TB2+>40 per 100000
Poland§24.1All TB0+None
Hungary§20.0All TB3None
Spain§18.2All TB19All
UK§14.2All TB64>40 per 100000
Czech Republic§9.9All TB13Asylum seekers
Luxemburg§8.0All TB68Non-EU
Denmark§7.8All TB61None
The Netherlands§7.1All TB66Highrisk
Israel6.0All TB82>100 per 100000
Cyprus§4.4All TB68Developing countries
  • S+PTB: sputum smear-positive pulmonary TB. #: per 10,000 of the population; : where rates are shown immigrant screening is mandated/recommended if recent TB notification rates in the country of origin exceed this threshold; +: citizenship rather than place of birth; §: European Union member.