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Table 2 Tuberculosis (TB) death rate per 100,000 population in 2014 in European Union and European Economic Areas Member States and change in death rate compared to first year with causes of death data available

From: Will the European Union reach the United Nations Millennium declaration target of a 50% reduction of tuberculosis mortality between 1990 and 2015?

Member State

Nr TB deaths in 2014a

Population number in 2014a

TB death rate, per 100,000 population 2014

First year causes of death data available

TB death rate per 100,000 population in first year with causes of death data available

Reduction in death rate between first year with cause of death data available and 2014 (%)

Austria

70

8,506,889

0.82

1994

1.43

42

Belgium

40

11,180,840

0.36

1994

1.37

74

Bulgaria

126

7,245,677

1.74

1995

3.94

56

Croatia

40

4,246,809

0.94

1999

4.73

80

Cyprus

4

858,000

0.47

2004

0.41

-c

Czech Republic

42

10,512,419

0.40

1994

1.28

69

Denmark

12

5,627,235

0.21

1994

0.85

75

Estonia

28

1,315,819

2.13

1994

9.68

78

Finland

40

5,451,270

0.73

1994

2.25

67

France

449

65,942,093

0.68

2001

1.74

61

Germany

315

80,767,463

0.39

1994

1.25

69

Greece

52

10,926,807

0.48

1994

1.02

53

Hungary

87

9,877,365

0.88

1994

6.31

86

Icelandb

7

319,368

2.19

1994

1.51

-c

Ireland

24

4,605,501

0.52

1994

1.45

64

Italy

288

60,782,668

0.47

1994

1.29

63

Latvia

66

2,001,468

3.30

1996

11.7

72

Liechtensteinb

-

37,129

-

-

-

-

Lithuania

225

2,943,472

7.64

1994

11.25

32

Luxembourg

1

549,680

0.18

1994

1.25

-c

Malta

1

425,384

0.24

1994

0.27

-c

Netherlands

35

16,829,289

0.21

1994

0.91

77

Norwayb

12

5,107,970

0.23

1994

1.64

86

Poland

534

38,017,856

1.40

1994

3.68

62

Portugal

206

10,427,301

1.98

1994

3.38

42

Romania

1125

19,947,311

5.64

1999

9.57

41

Slovakia

34

5,415,949

0.63

1996

1.43

56

Slovenia

21

2,061,085

1.02

1994

1.46

30

Spain

279

46,512,199

0.60

1994

1.91

69

Sweden

30

9,644,864

0.31

1994

1.18

74

United Kingdom

346

64,351,155

0.54

1994

0.99

46

European Union (28 countries)

4520

506,973,868

0.89

1999

1.80

50

  1. aIceland 2009
  2. bEuropean Economic Area Member States and not included in the European Union (28 countries)
  3. cNot calculated because country reported 5 or less TB deaths in first year with TB death data available