Global Status of TB

Second leading infectious cause of death worldwide

• 1/3 (33%) world population infected

• In 1997, 8 million (0.2%) new cases

• 3 million (0.06%) deaths per year

• ម% cases reported to WHO

• 24% of all preventable life-years lost annually

Raviglione MC. Et al. JAMA 1995;273:220-6

WHO,Global TB Control: WHO Report 1999, Geneva, 1999, 179pp

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