1. TUBERCULOSIS IN JAPAN
ANNUAL REPORT – 2016

2. Fig.1 TB case notifications and rates, 2000-2015

3. Fig 2. Number of TB cases by selected age groups, 2000-2015

4. Map 1. TB notification rate by prefectures in Japan, 2015

5. Fig 3. Proportions of pulmonary and extra-pulmonary diseases by age groups, 2015
PTB bac+: bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis, PTB clin: clinically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis, ExPTB: extra-pulmonary tuberculosis

6. Fig 4. Foreign-born TB cases, 2007-2015

7. Fig 5. Foreign-born TB cases by age groups, 2007-2015

8. Fig 6. Foreign-born TB cases by selected countries of birth, 2007-2015

9. Fig 7. Newly notified cases by HIV test results, 2008-2015

10. Fig 8. Newly notified cases by DM status, 2008-2015
DM: diabetes mellitus

11. Fig 9. Number of culture confirmed PTB cases and of those whose DST results were known, 2007-2015
PTB : pulmonary tuberculosis, DST: drug susceptibility test

12. Fig 10. Drug susceptibility test results, 2007-2015
MDR: multi-drug resistance, INH res: isoniazid resistant, RFP res: rifampicin resistant

13. Fig 11. Proportion of those with delay among pulmonary cases, by age groups, 2015
Patient delay: time between onset of symptoms and initial doctor visit being longer than 2 months, Doctor delay: time between initial doctor visit and diagnosis being longer than 1 month
Total delay: time between onset of symptoms and TB diagnosis being longer than 3 months

14. Fig 12. Proportion of those with delay among sputum smear positive pulmonary cases, by age groups, 2015
Patient delay: time between onset of symptoms and initial doctor visit being longer than 2 months, Doctor delay: time between initial doctor visit and diagnosis being longer than 1 month
Total delay: time between onset of symptoms and TB diagnosis being longer than 3 months

15. Fig 13. Proportion of those with delay among extra-pulmonary cases, by age groups, 2015
Patient delay: time between onset of symptoms and initial doctor visit being longer than 2 months, Doctor delay: time between initial doctor visit and diagnosis being longer than 1 month
Total delay: time between onset of symptoms and TB diagnosis being longer than 3 months

16. Fig 14. Treatment outcome of new sputum smear positive cases by age groups (2014 cohort)

17. Fig 15. Treatment outcome of new sputum smear positive pulmonary cases aged 49 and below, 2007-2014