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

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.


Data
This dataset contains tabulated information on migration and tuberculosis in the European Union along with Iceland and Norway (EUþ2) in the period 2011 to 2017. The combined data for the EUþ2 countries was calculated for both the migration and the TB statistics. All the data was then presented in tabulated form as follows: migration numbers for each EUþ2 country, as well as combined, during the period 2011e2017 (Table 1), and TB notification rates for the EUþ2 countries and combined along with absolute values for the TB numbers in that same period ( Table 2).

Value of the data
Presentation of trends in the immigration numbers and TB incidence in the EUþ2 (Iceland and Norway) countries in a tabular form.
Recognition of true contribution of migration to the TB burden in EUþ2 countries [1]. Insight into necessity for future surveillance systems [1].

Migration numbers
Statistics for number of long-term immigrants into the EUþ2 countries was obtained from' Migration and Migrant Population Statistics' database from Eurostat [2]. The dataset was filtered to include the immigration numbers for EUþ2 countries between the years 2011e2017. The total number of immigrants per year for the EUþ2 countries was calculated by summing up numbers for each country in the respective year.

TB rate
To obtain data for TB notification rates per 100,000 population for the 30 countries, the Surveillance and Monitoring reports from the year 2017, 2018 and 2019 were used to obtain the most up-to-date data [3e5]. The table from the ECDC report was filtered to exclude data for all other countries in Europe except EU countries and Iceland and Norway. TB rates for year 2011 was obtained from Surveillance report from 2017 [3]. TB rate for year 2012 was taken from Surveillance report published in the 2018 [4], whereas TB rates for years 2013e2017 was obtained from Surveillance report from the year 2019 [5]. For the overall TB rates for the 30 countries, number of TB cases per year were summed up and rates were calculated per 100,000 population in the EUþ2 countries.

Transparency document
Transparency document associated with this article can be found in the online version at https:// doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2019.104042.