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Table 3 Adjusted TB death rates taking into account incomplete coverage (deaths with no cause documented) and ill-defined causes of death for 1994 or first year with data available and 2014 and the change in death rate

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

Adjusted TB death rate per 100,000 population for first year with data available

Adjusted TB death rate, per 100,000 population 2014a

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

Annual average percentage decline (95% confidence interval)

Austria

1.44

0.84

42

3.45 (1.86–5.01)

Belgium

1.42

0.38

74

5.67 (4.82–6.52)

Bulgaria

4.12

1.79

57

4.24 (3.34–5.13)

Croatia

4.87

0.94

81

9.13 (7.30–10.92)

Cyprus

0.47

0.46

-c

-c

Czech Republic

1.28

0.40

69

5.62 (4.11–7.11)

Denmark

0.92

0.23

75

6.75 (5.51–7.97)

Estonia

10.07

2.17

78

8.50 (7.35–9.64)

Finland

2.26

0.74

67

6.63 (5.64–7.62)

France

1.86

0.75

60

6.39 (5.81–6.97)

Germany

1.28

0.40

69

5.44 (4.69–6.19)

Greece

1.10

0.51

54

2.03 (0.09–3.14)

Hungary

6.32

0.88

86

9.27 (8.72–10.34)

Icelandb

1.52

2.21

-c

-c

Ireland

1.46

0.52

64

4.59 (3.29–5.88)

Italy

1.31

0.48

63

4.65 (4.00–5.30)

Latvia

12.32

3.37

73

8.42 (7.09–9.74)

Liechtensteinb

-

-

-

-

Lithuania

11.62

7.79

33

2.48 (1.67–3.28)

Luxembourg

1.33

0.19

-c

-c

Malta

0.27

0.23

-c

-c

Netherlands

0.95

0.22

77

7.35 (6.53–8.16)

Norwayb

1.71

0.25

85

7.53 (6.32–8.73)

Poland

4.00

1.51

62

4.63 (4.18–5.09)

Portugal

3.80

2.10

45

4.58 (3.86–5.30)

Romania

9.58

5.71

40

4.14 (3.30–4.98)

Slovakia

1.44

0.64

56

5.46 (3.58–7.31)

Slovenia

1.51

1.03

32

3.54 (1.46–5.57)

Spain

1.95

0.61

69

5.83 (5.35–6.31)

Sweden

1.20

0.32

73

6.57 (5.37–7.76)

United Kingdom

1.00

0.55

45

3.34 (2.88–3.80)

European Union (28 countries)

2.09

0.92

56

5.43 (4.94–6.74)

  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