Figure 1.

HIV-positive TB mortality rates by WHO-defined region, excluding African countries with high HIV-infection rate (AFRH), 2008. Africa-countries with low HIV-infection rate (AFR) (N = 20), Central European region (CEUR) (N = 10), Eastern European region (EEUR) (N = 16), Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR) (N = 17), established market economies (EME) (N = 56), Latin American region (LAMR) (N = 31), South-East Asia region (SEAR) (N = 11), and Western Pacific region (WPR) (N = 25). Total N = 212.

Abbreviations: HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; TB, tuberculosis; WHO, World Health Organization.