Who Is Affected by Tuberculosis (TB)
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that one-third of the
world's population is infected with the bacteria that cause
tuberculosis. About 2 million people die from TB each
year.footnote 1
- Almost 9 million new active TB cases occurred in 2011.footnote 2
- More than
80% of the people with TB live in 22 countries, most of them in Africa and Asia.footnote 2
- In the United States 11,162
people had active TB in 2010.footnote 3
Citations
- Nachega JB, Chaisson RE (2003). Tuberculosis drug resistance: A global threat. Clinical Infectious Disease, 36(Suppl 1): S24-S30.
- World Health Organization (2012). Global Tuberculosis Report 2012. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO Press. Available online: http://www.who.int/tb/publications/global_report/en.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2012). Trends in tuberculosis-United States, 2011. MMWR, 61(11): 181-185. Also available online: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6111a2.htm?s_cid=mm6111a2_e%0D%0A. [Erratum in MMWR, 61(18): 329. Also available online: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6118a7.htm.]
ByHealthwise Staff
Primary Medical ReviewerE. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
Specialist Medical ReviewerR. Steven Tharratt, MD, MPVM, FACP, FCCP - Pulmonology, Critical Care Medicine, Medical Toxicology
Current as ofMarch 3, 2017
Current as of:
March 3, 2017
Nachega JB, Chaisson RE (2003). Tuberculosis drug resistance: A global threat. Clinical Infectious Disease, 36(Suppl 1): S24-S30.
World Health Organization (2012). Global Tuberculosis Report 2012. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO Press. Available online: http://www.who.int/tb/publications/global_report/en.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2012). Trends in tuberculosis-United States, 2011. MMWR, 61(11): 181-185. Also available online: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6111a2.htm?s_cid=mm6111a2_e%0D%0A. [Erratum in MMWR, 61(18): 329. Also available online: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6118a7.htm.]