In 2020, there were over 49 thousand cases of 15 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) per 100,000 population in the Central Sub-Saharan Africa region. This statistic illustrates the prevalence of 15 neglected tropical diseases worldwide in 2020, by region
Prevalence of 15 neglected tropical diseases worldwide in 2020, by region
(per 100,000 population)
Release date represents the date figures were accessed.
HME measures the sum of the prevalence of 15 NTDs per 100,000 that are currently measured in the annual Global Burden of Disease study: human African trypanosomiasis, Chagas disease, cystic echinococcosis, cysticercosis, dengue, food-borne trematodiases, Guinea worm, soil-transmitted helminths (hookworm, trichuriasis, and ascariasis), leishmaniasis, leprosy, lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, rabies, schistosomiasis, and trachoma.
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Gates Foundation. (November 24, 2022). Prevalence of 15 neglected tropical diseases worldwide in 2020, by region (per 100,000 population) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1344921/prevalence-of-neglected-tropical-diseases-worldwide-region/
Gates Foundation. "Prevalence of 15 neglected tropical diseases worldwide in 2020, by region (per 100,000 population)." Chart. November 24, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1344921/prevalence-of-neglected-tropical-diseases-worldwide-region/
Gates Foundation. (2022). Prevalence of 15 neglected tropical diseases worldwide in 2020, by region (per 100,000 population). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1344921/prevalence-of-neglected-tropical-diseases-worldwide-region/
Gates Foundation. "Prevalence of 15 Neglected Tropical Diseases Worldwide in 2020, by Region (per 100,000 Population)." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Nov 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1344921/prevalence-of-neglected-tropical-diseases-worldwide-region/
Gates Foundation, Prevalence of 15 neglected tropical diseases worldwide in 2020, by region (per 100,000 population) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1344921/prevalence-of-neglected-tropical-diseases-worldwide-region/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Prevalence of 15 neglected tropical diseases worldwide in 2020, by region (per 100,000 population) [Graph], Gates Foundation, November 24, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1344921/prevalence-of-neglected-tropical-diseases-worldwide-region/
