Tuberculosis Worldwide
In 1993 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared tuberculosis to be a global emergency. WHO estimates that about a third of the world's population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, that about nine million new cases of tuberculosis disease occur each year, and that tuberculosis causes nearly two million deaths each year (see the WHO tuberculosis fact sheet).
The Global Plan to Stop TB 2006 - 2015 is a comprehensive assessment of the action and resources needed to implement the Stop TB strategy and make an impact on the global TB burden.
Table 1: Estimated numbers of tuberculosis cases and rates (per 100,000 population) by WHO region, for the year 2006
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WHO Region |
Total number of cases estimated by WHO |
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|---|---|---|
|
number (thousands) |
rate per 100,000 |
|
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Africa |
2808 |
363 |
|
The Americas |
331 |
37 |
|
Eastern Mediterranean |
570 |
105 |
|
Europe |
433 |
49 |
|
South-East Asia |
3100 |
180 |
|
Western Pacific |
1915 |
109 |
|
Global |
9157 |
139 |
Source: WHO. Global Tuberculosis Control: Surveillance, Planning, Financing. WHO Report 2008. Geneva, WHO/HTM/TB/2008.393. See www.who.int/tb/publications/global_report/ (Annex 3).
WHO estimates of tuberculosis incidence by country, for 2006, are available as convenient tables (prepared from Annex 3 of the WHO Report 2008):
Information on the method used by the WHO to estimate TB incidence is available in the WHO Report 2008 (see Annex 2).
Additional WHO data by country (from Annex 3 of the WHO Report 2008) is available from the WHO, in Microsoft Excel or Adobe PDF format.
Last reviewed: 2 April 2008
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WHO country data: estimated burden of TB
Added/updated: 2 April 2008 -
WHO country data: estimated burden of TB
Added/updated: 2 April 2008