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Table 1 Geographical origins of not Italy-born TB cases by World Health Organization (WHO) region

From: Epidemiology of tuberculosis in a low-incidence Italian region with high immigration rates: differences between not Italy-born and Italy-born TB cases

WHO Region

Number of TB cases

% of not Italy-born TB cases

Eastern Mediterranean WHO region (WHO-EMRO)

719

36.6%

The African region (WHO-AFRO)

425

21.7%

European region (WHO-EURO)

386

19.7%

South East Asia region (WHO-SEARO)

225

11.5%

American region (WHO-AMRO)

106

5.4%

Western Pacific region (WHO-WPRO)

95

4.8%