Table 1. HIV and tuberculosis (TB), Peru, 2005*.

Characteristic	Value
Total population	28,300,000
Population in Lima	7,300,000
Average life expectancy, y	69
Infant mortality rate	31/100,000 live births
GDP per capita	$2,500
Population living in poverty	54%
National HIV prevalence	0.6%
Estimated no. HIV positive	60,000–80,000
No. receiving HIV therapy	9,157
TB incidence	108/100,000
MDR TB in new patients	3%
MDR TB in previously treated patients	12.3%
TB in HIV patients	≈30%
HIV in TB patients	≈3%
MDR TB in co-infected patients	30%–47%
Mortality rate among co-infected patients†	<38%
Mortality rate among MDR TB–HIV patients	<57%

*GDP, gross domestic product; MDR TB, multidrug-resistant TB.
†Co-infected with HIV and TB but not necessarily MDR-TB.