Sustainable Development Goals - 17 Goals to Transform our World
Good health and well-being - Goal 3

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Indicator 3.3.5: Number of people requiring interventions against neglected tropical diseases

  1. Home
  2. Goal 3
  3. Target 3.3
  4. Indicator 3.3.5

Number of reported cases of neglected tropical diseases

Sub-categories

Choose categories from the dropdowns below to see different breakdowns of the data. Some will not be available until a higher level is chosen.

Click on the legend to remove individual lines from the chart.

This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from City of Los Angeles statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from Angeleno statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other Angeleno-specific metadata information.

Indicator available
Indicator description

Reported cases by year of onset
Local target
Geographical coverage

Los Angeles County
Unit of measurement

Number of cases
Definitions

According to the World Health Organization, Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) include: Buruli ulcer, Chagas disease, Dengue and Chikungunya, Dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease), Echinococcosis, Foodborne trematodiases, Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), Leishmaniasis, Leprosy (Hansen’s disease), Lymphatic filariasis, Mycetoma, chromoblastomycosis and other deep mycoses, Onchocerciasis (river blindness), Rabies, Scabies and other ectoparasites, Schistosomiasis, Soil-transmitted helminthiases, Snakebite envenoming, Taeniasis/Cysticercosis, Trachoma, Yaws (Endemic treponematoses)
Calculations
Disaggregation Categories
WCCD/ISO 37120 Indicators on City Data Alignment
Other information
Data last updated 2021-11-24: see changes on GitHub opens in a new window
Metadata last updated 2021-11-24: see changes on GitHub opens in a new window
Tags

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name

Number of people requiring interventions against neglected tropical diseases
Indicator number

3.3.5
Target name

By 2030, end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases
Target number

3.3
Global indicator description
UN designated tier

1
UN custodian agency

WHO
Link to UN metadata United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Metadata (pdf 865kB) opens in a new window
Organisation

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH)
Periodicity
Earliest available data
Geographical coverage

Los Angeles County
Link to data source 2011-2016 ACDC Annual Morbidity and Communicable Disease Report and Special Studies opens in a new window
Release date
Next release
Statistical classification
Contact details
Other information