Tuberculosis Case Counts by Age and Sex, Global Health Observatory

WHO Global Health Observatory data on new and relapse tuberculosis cases detected annually, disaggregated by age and sex. The dataset likely contains tabular counts for epidemiological analysis. The World Health Organization is the authoritative source for this public health surveillance data.

Use Cases

• Modeling age-specific TB incidence rates (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Analyzing sex disparities in tuberculosis detection (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Tracking annual case detection trends for program evaluation (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published on the WHO Global Health Observatory platform
• Source organization is the World Health Organization

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count, file formats, and last update date are unknown

Provenance

Source

World Health Organization (WHO)

Collection Method

Likely compiled from national surveillance reports and WHO estimates

Time Range

Given year (specific year unknown from input)

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified

Geography

Global (inferred from WHO's mandate and platform tags)