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TB outbreaks have been reported in prisons and jails throughout the world, and is particularly concerning in the United States, [25] which incarcerates a larger proportion of its population than any other nation. The prevalence of TB in prisons is much higher than among the general population—in some countries as much as 40 times higher. [26 ...
Deaths from tuberculosis by country (88 C) C. Tuberculosis in China (1 C, 1 P) I. Tuberculosis in India (14 P) N. ... Statistics; Cookie statement; Mobile view ...
Roughly one-quarter of the world's population has been infected with M. tuberculosis, [6] with new infections occurring in about 1% of the population each year. [11] However, most infections with M. tuberculosis do not cause disease, [169] and 90–95% of infections remain asymptomatic. [87] In 2012, an estimated 8.6 million chronic cases were ...
This is a list of countries and dependencies ranked by population density, sorted by inhabitants per square kilometre or square mile. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1. The list also includes unrecognized but de facto independent countries. The figures in the table ...
The U.N. health agency said more than 10 million people worldwide were sickened by tuberculosis in 2021, a 4.5% rise from the year before. WHO said about 450,000 cases involved people infected ...
Tuberculosis deaths in Georgia (country) (9 P) Tuberculosis deaths in Germany (81 P) Tuberculosis deaths in Greece (12 P) H. ... Statistics; Cookie statement;
In 2007, the prevalence of TB per 100,000 people was relatively high in Asia, and was highest in sub-Saharan Africa. [3] [1] In China, tuberculosis has been the number 1 cause of death from infectious disease in adults. In 1990, 360,000 people in China died from tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is one of China's major public health problems.
I made this map, starting with the map outline in BlankMap-World6, compact.svg, and then applying prevalence data taken from Annex 3 of: (2009) Global tuberculosis control: epidemiology, strategy, financing (PDF), World Health Organization Retrieved on 12 November 2009. ISBN: 978 92 4 156380 2. . A copy of the data I extracted is below. Author