Dataset on migration into EU+2 countries, as well as TB rates and numbers within those countries over the period 2011–2017

Abstract

In this data article, TB notification rates in the EU countries along with Iceland and Norway (EU+2 countries) and raw data corresponding to the TB incidence in the period 2011 to 2017 are given. Data on immigration numbers in the EU+2 countries between 2011 and 2017 are also available. Immigration statistics were obtained from a Eurostat Database titled ‘Migration and Migrant Population Statistics’, whereas TB rates were taken from the TB Surveillance and Monitoring Report prepared by European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in the years 2017, 2018, 2019. Keywords: Tuberculosis, European Union countries, Migrants, Migration