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. 2011 Jan 19;3:21–29. doi: 10.2147/CLEP.S15574

Table 1.

TB deaths and death rates stratified by region and year

Year TB incidence per 100,000
Population Proportion of HIV among TB incident cases
TB death rates per 100,000
Rate ratio** HIV+/HIV
Estimate Low High Estimate Low High HIV+ Estimate Low High HIV–Estimate Low High
African region (AFR) (N = 20 in 2006–2008) 2006 204.59 164.49 245.51 170,586,570 0.12 0.10 0.16 12.01 6.35 21.90 39.72 14.99 76.13 0.30
2007 209.12 167.60 250.95 174,785,114 0.12 0.09 0.15 11.46 6.18 20.60 40.38 15.39 78.83 0.28
2008 213.75 171.68 256.50 179,051,557 0.13 0.10 0.16 12.62 6.93 22.17 42.15 15.99 81.09 0.30
African regiona(AFRH) (N = 26 in 2006–2008) 2006 460.40 376.43 551.50 545,123,571 0.46 0.42 0.51 91.15 52.13 148.25 47.13 22.27 84.61 1.93
2007 452.71 367.80 542.26 558,178,947 0.45 0.38 0.52 85.45 48.46 142.15 40.38 15.14 80.30 2.12
2008 433.43 352.19 518.84 571,509,534 0.45 0.38 0.53 86.04 48.75 142.23 38.67 14.19 77.85 2.23
Central European region (CEUR) (N = 10 in 2006–2008) 2006 38.64 33.09 45.94 213,995,783 0.04 0.03 0.05 0.90 0.46 1.67 3.91 1.97 6.98 0.23
2007 37.21 31.25 44.26 215,334,088 0.04 0.03 0.05 0.87 0.50 1.46 3.69 1.70 6.94 0.24
2008 24.00 21.01 28.42 151,272,379 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.04 1.84 0.68 3.62 0.01
Eastern European region (EEUR) (N = 16 in 2006–2008) 2006 112.61 94.34 135.13 312,258,156 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.88 0.46 1.49 16.14 10.81 23.73 0.05
2007 111.75 92.21 134.10 311,759,570 0.03 0.02 0.04 1.09 0.58 1.86 15.37 9.19 24.47 0.07
2008 108.81 90.22 130.57 311,353,225 0.09 0.07 0.10 4.11 2.21 6.84 15.17 7.41 26.99 0.27
Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR) (N = 17 in 2006–2008) 2006 96.46 78.26 115.71 587,539,640 0.03 0.03 0.04 1.51 0.86 2.55 17.51 7.06 33.70 0.09
2007 95.32 77.35 114.34 600,219,915 0.03 0.03 0.04 1.63 0.93 2.81 16.92 6.87 32.74 0.10
2008 94.14 76.41 112.92 613,101,289 0.03 0.02 0.04 1.62 0.92 2.77 16.35 6.69 31.74 0.10
Established market economies (EME) (N = 56 in 2006–2008) 2006 25.37 21.48 29.36 1,031,155,682 0.09 0.07 0.11 0.16 0.08 0.26 6.79 2.84 12.78 0.02
2007 25.53 21.62 29.56 1,038,114,516 0.06 0.05 0.07 0.11 0.06 0.19 7.80 3.10 14.94 0.01
2008 24.98 21.71 28.94 1,044,902,687 0.08 0.06 0.10 0.12 0.06 0.20 9.23 3.57 17.76 0.01
Latin American region (LAMR) (N = 31 in 2006–2008) 2006 69.73 56.58 83.66 552,171,999 0.10 0.08 0.12 3.21 1.80 5.35 9.17 4.31 17.02 0.35
2007 68.55 55.47 82.24 558,541,591 0.14 0.11 0.17 3.42 1.91 5.76 9.21 3.76 18.23 0.37
2008 67.37 55.12 80.83 564,800,508 0.14 0.11 0.17 3.27 1.82 5.51 8.88 3.63 17.57 0.37
South-East Asia region (SEAR) (N = 11 in 2006–2008) 2006 180.14 144.60 216.17 1,625,442,338 0.03 0.03 0.04 2.25 1.26 3.75 26.72 11.17 52.81 0.08
2007 178.99 145.17 214.79 1,648,538,041 0.03 0.03 0.04 2.21 1.23 3.75 26.72 11.28 52.73 0.08
2008 188.13 151.79 225.76 1,736,733,772 0.05 0.04 0.06 3.01 1.68 5.06 28.19 11.86 55.78 0.11
Western Pacific region (WPR) (N = 25 in 2006–2008) 2006 131.42 108.22 158.85 1,550,251,943 0.03 0.02 0.03 1.65 0.95 2.76 17.36 7.00 34.33 0.1
2007 123.80 104.27 149.74 1,562,259,393 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.58 0.32 1.02 16.38 6.64 32.28 0.04
2008 120.02 100.98 145.25 1,574,223,530 0.09 0.07 0.11 1.68 0.95 2.85 15.35 6.16 30.40 0.11
World (N = 212 in 2006–2008) 2006 146.59 119.72 175.76 6,588,525,682 0.10 0.09 0.12 12.64 7.15 20.89 20.50 9.16 38.01 0.62
2007 144.78 118.08 173.58 6,667,731,175 0.10 0.08 0.12 11.87 6.68 19.95 19.72 8.12 37.94 0.6
2008 141.62 115.68 169.78 6,746,948,481 0.12 0.10 0.14 12.66 7.04 20.85 19.54 7.80 38.09 0.39

Notes: Estimates are presented as averages. Complete calculations for each country and region can be found in the Appendix;

a

African countries with a generalized HIV-infection rate (≥4% in adults aged 15–49 in 2004);

b

HIV-positive TB mortality rate over the HIV-negative TB mortality rate per 100,000 general population.

Abbreviations: HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; TB, tuberculosis.