Table 1 Spatial distribution of reported anthrax cases across various species in Tanzania Mainland, 2013 to 2016, based on the human and livestock National Surveillance Systems

Human

Bovine

Caprine

Ovine

Human

Bovine

Caprine

Ovine

Dodoma

2.08

1.5

1.0

0.26

0 (0)

23

39

87

0

0.00

Arusha

1.7

1.6

1.9

0.84

134 (8)

87

23

8

96

7.88

Kilimanjaro

1.64

0.65

0.69

0.25

109 (2)

17

35

26

38

6.64

Tanga

2.05

0.77

0.82

0.22

0 (0)

27

34

32

x

0.00

Morogoro

2.22

0.88

0.49

0.13

10 (0)

23

34

54

x

0.45

Pwani

1.10

0.54

0.19

0.04

0 (0)

7

32

32

x

0.00

Dar es Salaam

4.36

0.27

0.16

0.02

22 (6)

9

0

5

6

0.50

Lindi

0.86

0.26

0.10

0.01

0 (0)

7

8

9

x

0.00

Mtwara

1.27

0.17

0.23

0.02

14 (0)

28

4

12

x

1.10

Ruvuma

1.38

0.47

0.32

0.03

0 (0)

0

0

0

x

0.00

Iringa

0.94

0.66

0.20

0.04

0 (0)

0

0

0

x

0.00

Mbeya

2.71

1.45

0.56

0.08

2 (0)

16

2

0

x

0.07

Singida

1.37

1.37

0.83

0.29

6 (0)

12

31

21

0

0.43

Tabora

2.29

2.23

0.95

0.27

4 (0)

23

12

5

x

0.17

Rukwa

1.00

0.64

0.23

0.04

0 (0)

9

2

0

x

0.00

Kigoma

2.13

0.51

0.26

0.05

2 (0)

1

5

1

x

0.09

Shinyanga

1.53

1.30

0.62

0.20

0 (0)

21

13

4

x

0.00

Kagera

2.46

0.85

0.73

0.08

0 (0)

12

2

0

0

0.00

Mwanza

2.77

1.33

0.57

0.13

12 (0)

27

19

4

0

0.43

Mara

1.74

1.65

0.76

0.34

22 (8)

12

3

0

2

1.26

Manyara

1.43

1.81

1.54

0.58

8 (0)

26

13

4

1

0.55

Njombe

0.70

0.27

0.11

0.02

0 (0)

0

0

0

x

0.00

Katavi

0.56

0.36

0.18

0.03

0 (0)

12

3

0

x

0.00

Simiyu

1.58

1.60

0.93

0.39

0 (0)

2

0

0

x

0.00

Geita

1.74

0.82

0.43

0.05

0 (0)

0

0

0

0

0.00

Total

43.63

23.97

14.91

4.39

345 (24)

401

314

304

142