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Table 2 Annual incidence of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) in Korea

From: Clinically refined epidemiology of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease in South Korea: overestimation when relying only on diagnostic codes

Year

Population

Diagnostic code-based NTM-PD

Clinically refined NTM-PD

Cases

Incidence

Cases

Incidence

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

2008

24,822,897

24,717,470

49,540,367

831

917

1748

3.3 (3.1–3.6)

3.7 (3.5–4)

3.5 (3.4–3.7)

682

759

1441

2.7 (2.5–3)

3.1 (2.9–3.3)

2.9 (2.8–3.1)

2009

24,929,939

24,843,206

49,773,145

986

1281

2267

4.0 (3.8–4.3)

5.2 (4.9–5.4)

4.6 (4.4–4.7)

888

1135

2023

3.6 (3.3–3.8)

4.6 (4.3–4.8)

4.1 (3.9–4.2)

2010

25,310,385

25,205,281

50,515,666

1255

1722

2977

5.0 (4.7–5.2)

6.8 (6.5–7.2)

5.9 (5.7–6.1)

1147

1465

2612

4.5 (4.3–4.8)

5.8 (5.5–6.1)

5.2 (5.0–5.4)

2011

25,406,934

25,327,350

50,734,284

1636

2156

3792

6.4 (6.1–6.8)

8.5 (8.2–8.9)

7.5 (7.2–7.7)

1497

1840

3337

5.9 (5.6–6.2)

7.3 (6.9–7.6)

6.6 (6.4–6.8)

2012

25,504,060

25,444,212

50,948,272

1851

2447

4298

7.3 (6.9–7.6)

9.6 (9.2–10)

8.4 (8.2–8.7)

1686

2084

3770

6.6 (6.3–6.9)

8.2 (7.8–8.5)

7.4 (7.2–7.6)

2013

25,588,336

25,553,127

51,141,463

2015

2786

4801

7.9 (7.5–8.2)

10.9 (10.5–11.3)

9.4 (9.1–9.7)

1852

2333

4185

7.2 (6.9–7.6)

9.1 (8.8–9.5)

8.2 (7.9–8.4)

2014

25,669,296

25,658,620

51,327,916

2170

3197

5367

8.5 (8.1–8.8)

12.5 (12–12.9)

10.5 (10.2–10.7)

1972

2672

4644

7.7 (7.3–8)

10.4 (10–10.8)

9.0 (8.8–9.3)

2015

25,758,186

25,771,152

51,529,338

2547

4235

6782

9.9 (9.5–10.3)

16.4 (15.9–16.9)

13.2 (12.8–13.5)

2185

2869

5054

8.5 (8.1–8.8)

11.1 (10.7–11.5)

9.8 (9.5–10.1)

2016

25,827,594

25,868,622

51,696,216

2924

6214

9138

11.3 (10.9–11.7)

24.0 (23.4–24.6)

17.7 (17.3–18.0)

2544

3278

5822

9.8 (9.5–10.2)

12.7 (12.2–13.1)

11.3 (11.0–11.6)

2017

25,855,919

25,922,625

51,778,544

2784

6805

9589

10.8 (10.4–11.2)

26.3 (25.6–26.9)

18.5 (18.1–18.9)

2482

3579

6061

9.6 (9.2–10)

13.8 (13.4–14.3)

11.7 (11.4–12)

2018

25,866,129

25,959,930

51,826,059

2980

6332

9312

11.5 (11.1–11.9)

24.4 (23.8–25)

18.0 (17.6–18.3)

2616

3756

6372

10.1 (9.7–10.5)

14.5 (14.0–14.9)

12.3 (12.0–12.6)

Overall

   

21,979

38,092

60,071

7.8 (7.7–7.9)

13.6 (13.5–13.7)

10.7 (10.6–10.8)

19,551

25,770

45,321

7.0 (6.9–7.1)

9.2 (9.1–9.3)

8.1 (8.0–8.2)