Country | Incidence# in 2005 | Contacts | TB among foreign born % | New immigrants¶ |
Georgia | 144.1 | S+PTB | 0+ | None |
Ukraine | 93.3 | S+PTB | 0+ | None |
Turkey | 28.1 | S+PTB | 0+ | None |
Italy§ | 7.1 | S+PTB | 44 | >40 per 100000 |
Finland§ | 6.9 | S+PTB | 10 | Asylum seekers and immigrants from the former Soviet Union |
Iceland | 3.7 | S+PTB | 64 | Non-EU |
Romania§ | 135.2 | Pulmonary | 0 | None |
Tajikistan | 109.8 | Pulmonary | 0+ | >40 per 100000 |
Uzbekistan | 108.6 | Pulmonary | 0+ | None |
Armenia | 77.0 | Pulmonary | 0+ | None |
Turkmenistan | 68.1 | Pulmonary | 0+ | None |
Portugal§ | 33.7 | Pulmonary | 12 | None |
FYR Macedonia | 32.3 | Pulmonary | 0+ | None |
Montenegro | 27.3 | Pulmonary | 1+ | >40 per 100000 |
Croatia | 25.1 | Pulmonary | 9 | None |
Albania | 17.3 | Pulmonary | 0+ | None |
Slovakia§ | 14.1 | Pulmonary | 4 | Asylum seekers |
Slovenia§ | 14.1 | Pulmonary | 17 | >40 per 100000 |
Austria§ | 11.6 | Pulmonary | 44+ | None |
Ireland§ | 11.1 | Pulmonary | 31 | None |
Belgium§ | 11.0 | Pulmonary | 51+ | >50 per 100000 |
France§ | 8.6 | Pulmonary and children | 45 | >40 per 100000 |
Switzerland | 7.8 | Pulmonary | 60 | Asylum seekers; school children from >50 per 100000 |
Germany§ | 7.3 | Pulmonary | 43 | Asylum seekers |
Greece§ | 6.9 | Pulmonary | 29 | All |
Norway | 6.3 | Pulmonary | 78 | Non-western Europe |
Sweden§ | 6.3 | Pulmonary | 73 | >100 per 100000 |
Malta§ | 5.7 | Pulmonary and child extrapulmonary | 74+ | >25 per 100000 |
Kazakhstan | 210.4 | All TB | 0+ | All |
Kyrgyzstan | 128.5 | All TB | 0+ | None |
Moldova | 149.3 | All TB | 1+ | None |
Russian Federation | 109.0 | All TB | 1+ | All |
Azerbaijan | 94.2 | All TB | 0+ | None |
Belarus | 65.2 | All TB | 0+ | All |
Lithuania§ | 75.0 | All TB | 3 | All |
Latvia§ | 62.5 | All TB | 6 | All |
Bosnia & Herzegovena | 55.3 | All TB | 0+ | None |
Bulgaria§ | 42.7 | All TB | 0+ | All |
Estonia§ | 39.0 | All TB | 16 | None |
Serbia | 31.8 | All TB | 2+ | >40 per 100000 |
Poland§ | 24.1 | All TB | 0+ | None |
Hungary§ | 20.0 | All TB | 3 | None |
Spain§ | 18.2 | All TB | 19 | All |
UK§ | 14.2 | All TB | 64 | >40 per 100000 |
Czech Republic§ | 9.9 | All TB | 13 | Asylum seekers |
Luxemburg§ | 8.0 | All TB | 68 | Non-EU |
Denmark§ | 7.8 | All TB | 61 | None |
The Netherlands§ | 7.1 | All TB | 66 | Highrisk |
Israel | 6.0 | All TB | 82 | >100 per 100000 |
Cyprus§ | 4.4 | All TB | 68 | Developing 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.