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.¹

More than 9 million new active TB cases occur each year.²
In the United States, 14,093 people had active TB in 2005.³
More than 80% of the people with TB live in Africa and Asia.²

References

Citations

Nachega JB, Chaisson RE (2003). Tuberculosis drug resistance: A global threat. Clinical Infectious Disease, 36(Suppl 1): S24–S30.

World Health Organization (2006). Global tuberculosis control: Surveillance, planning, financing. Available online: http://www.who.int/tb/publications/global_report/2006/download_centre/en/index.html.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2006). Trends in tuberculosis—United States, 2005. MMWR, 54(MM-11): 305–308.

Credits

Author	Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS
Editor	Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA
Associate Editor	Denele Ivins
Associate Editor	Pat Truman, MATC
Primary Medical Reviewer	E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
Specialist Medical Reviewer	Alfred A. Lardizabal, MD - Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine/Tuberculosis
Last Updated	May 16, 2007