Italy-tuberculosis-country-profile-2015

Italy-tuberculosis-country-profile-2015

Tuberculosis surveillance and
monitoring in Europe 2015
Italy
Total population at 1 January 2013 by EUROSTAT: 59 685 227
Drug resistance surveillance & TB-HIV
co-infection, 2013
Tuberculosis case notifications, 2013
Total number of cases
Notification rate per 100 000
New* & relapses
New* & relapses notification rate
per 100 000
Pulmonary
of which smear-positive
of which laboratory confirmed
Laboratory-confirmed TB cases
Mean age of new native TB cases
Mean age of new foreign TB cases
Foreign origin of all TB cases
New (not previously treated)
5.1
2 448
782
594
2 381
56.1
36.3
1 973
3 019
(77.6%)
(31.9%)
(24.3%)
(75.5%)
years
years
(62.6%)
(95.8%)
* Cases with unknown previous treatment included as new cases.
Completeness of DRS data*
Completeness of HIV data**
Case-linked data reporting
Cases with DST results
Estimated MDR N, (best-low-high)
Pulmonary MDR cases
of which XDR cases
All MDR cases
of which XDR cases
TB cases tested for HIV
HIV-positive TB cases
of these on antiretroviral therapy
New & relapses
Other retreatment
Yes
No
2 350 (98.7%)
73-38-110
78
(3.3%)
7
(9.0%)
-
* National coverage 100% or culturing 90%, C+/All TB
cases 50%, DST done for C+ 75%, EQA 95%
** More than 50% of TB cases tested for HIV.
Tuberculosis notification rates by treatment history, 2004–2013
New TB cases and relapses - notification rates by age group,
2004–2013
Unknown
Total
0–14
8
Cases / 100 000
Cases / 100 000
15–44
45–64
>64
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Treatment outcome monitoring
Data not available
3 153
5.3
3 019
7
6
5
4
3
2
2004
2006
2008
2010
1
2012
Tuberculosis cases by geographical origin, 2004–2013
Native
Foreign origin
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
TB-HIV co-infection, 2006–2013
Data not available
Unknown
3000
No. of cases
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
MDR TB cases by previous treatment history, 2004–2013
Unknown
30
100
25
80
20
60
15
40
10
20
5
0
No. of cases
Percentage
New
Retreatment
Total number of MDR-TB
Treatment outcome, new pulmonary culture-positive cases,
2003–2012
Data not available
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
0
Source: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control/WHO Regional Office for Europe. Tuberculosis surveillance and monitoring in Europe 2015.
Stockholm: ECDC; 2015
© European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 2015