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. 2011 Sep 27;89(12):864–872. doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.089441

Table 3. Relative frequency of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) for countries with populations exceeding 50 million, 2005.

Country Populationa (2005) Annual PTB cases alive at 1 year Estimated annual CPA cases after PTB 5-year estimated CPA prevalenceb 5-year estimated CPA prevalence ratec
Global total 6 512 276 000 5 899 619 372 385 1 173 881 18.0
China 1 312 253 000 1 052 925 67 387 212 427 16.2
India 1 130 618 000 1 297 047 83 011 261 679 23.1
United States 302 741 000 8 907 588 1 853 0.6
Indonesia 219 210 000 420 853 26 935 84 907 38.7
Brazil 186 075 000 70 789 5 663 17 852 9.6
Pakistan 165 816 000 204 955 13 117 41 350 24.9
Bangladesh 153 122 000 243 361 15 575 49 098 32.1
Russian Federation 143 470 000 116 234 7 439 23 450 16.3
Nigeria 140 879 000 299 297 19 155 60 383 42.9
Japan 127 449 000 17 724 1 134 3 576 2.8
Mexico 105 330 000 15 326 981 3 092 2.9
Philippines 85 496 000 216 228 13 839 43 624 51.0
Viet Nam 84 074 000 97 497 3 412 10 757 12.8
Germany 82 409 000 3 339 100 316 0.4
Egypt 77 154 000 9 266 593 1 869 2.4
Ethiopia 74 661 000 124 710 7 981 25 160 33.7
Turkey 71 169 000 11 042 707 2 228 3.1
Islamic Republic of Iran 70 765 000 9 278 594 1 872 2.6
Thailand 65 946 000 64 566 4 132 13 026 19.8
France 61 013 000 5 517 166 522 0.9
United Kingdom 60 261 000 4 189 118 370 0.6
Democratic Republic of the Congo 59 077 000 125 538 8 034 25 327 42.9
Italy 58 645 000 2 807 84 265 0.5

a From the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat28.

b Range provided in Fig. 2.

c Per 100 000 population.