<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKwa kweli, kwa sababu ya kutopatana katika kuripoti, mfumo wa zamani mara nyingi ilitokeza tofauti bandia katika takwimu za kesi zilizoripotiwa kati ya programu zinazofanana.  <response>: In fact, because of this inconsistency in reporting, the old system often produced artificial variations in reported case statistics among similar programs. 