Research Article

An Overview of Tuberculosis-Designated Hospitals in China, 2009-2015: A Longitudinal Analysis of National Survey Data

Table 2

Distribution of TB beds in the different regions of China.

RegionNo. of population in No. of TB bedsTB beds per 100,000 populationPrevalence of TB in 2010 per 100,000 TB beds per 1,000 estimated TB cases

Eastern549,937,50212,6642.302917.91
Central422,515,60011,7622.784636.01
Western360,357,7677,6772.136953.07
Total1,332,810,86932,1032.414595.25

Data source: China's Sixth National Population Census in 2010.
Data source: China’s Fifth National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey in 2010.