Table 1. Background characteristics of respondents in World Health Surveys among high TB- burden countries, 2002-4 (18–54 years)*.
| Country† | Population in 2010 (103) | # people surveyed | Currently married, % | Less than primary, % | Rural residence, % | Smoking, % | Drinking, % | Low BMI (<18.5), % | Diabetes, % | TB£, % | ||||||||
| M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | |||
| India | 1 224 614 | 8205 | 74·0 | 82·5 | 30·6 | 55·6 | 90·3 | 89·1 | 49·6 | 13·5 | 19·3 | 1·5 | 30·5 | 35·6 | 2·7 | 1·7 | 2.2 | 1.2 |
| China | 1 341 335 | 2511 | 81·9 | 86·3 | 6·8 | 13·8 | 69·8 | 68·6 | 59·5 | 1·4 | 44·7 | 9·2 | 4·9 | 10·5 | 0·9 | 1·4 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| South Africa | 50 133 | 2031 | 40·1 | 33·1 | 16·0 | 18·4 | 39·2 | 47·4 | 40·4 | 14·5 | 42.0 | 17·3 | 25·3 | 26·9 | 5·1 | 8·7 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| Pakistan | 173 593 | 5437 | 68·4 | 81·3 | 43·7 | 72·8 | 68·4 | 63·9 | 31·9 | 5·1 | 0·4 | 0.0 | 13·3 | 16·1 | 1·4 | 2·4 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| Bangladesh | 148 692 | 4697 | 76·0 | 83·6 | 50·5 | 61·5 | 69·8 | 77·5 | 63·2 | 25·2 | 14·4 | 0·4 | 17·8 | 17·4 | 3·2 | 3·3 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| Philippines | 93 261 | 8509 | 64·9 | 71·0 | 16·3 | 11·9 | 39·4 | 37·8 | 60.0 | 10·8 | 75·6 | 29·6 | 10·9 | 17·6 | 2·8 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| Ethiopia | 82 950 | 4160 | 68·9 | 68·6 | 48·8 | 68·5 | 85·4 | 83·3 | 8·9 | 0·5 | 38·6 | 33·2 | 11.0 | 15·7 | 0·3 | 0·1 | 2·5 | 2·3 |
| DR Congo | 65 966 | 2196 | 26·8 | 30·2 | 17·3 | 23·9 | 5·1 | 6·0 | 15·6 | 2·1 | 41·4 | 34·2 | 6·7 | 8·7 | 1·5 | 1·4 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| Viet Nam | 87 848 | 2957 | 78·0 | 78·3 | 13·3 | 19·6 | 80·0 | 76·2 | 57·3 | 2.0 | 64·4 | 4·4 | 16.0 | 27.0 | 0·3 | 0·4 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Myanmar | 47 963 | 4710 | 58·1 | 61·7 | 34·6 | 44·1 | 72·1 | 69·9 | 49·9 | 13·1 | 34·4 | 2·1 | 13·7 | 16·3 | 0·5 | 0·3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Russia | 142 958 | 2525 | 54·2 | 54·1 | 0·5 | 0·3 | 13·9 | 11·6 | 59·9 | 19·1 | 88·9 | 77·7 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1·1 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Kenya | 40 513 | 3675 | 60·9 | 66·9 | 28·0 | 41·8 | 81·9 | 82·2 | 27·8 | 1·6 | 39·6 | 11.0 | 14·3 | 10·1 | 0·8 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.0 |
| Brazil | 194 946 | 3901 | 45·3 | 43·4 | 21·5 | 21·0 | 17·0 | 16·3 | 28·4 | 20·2 | 88·4 | 71·8 | 2·9 | 6·9 | 3·2 | 5·3 | 2.0 | 1.9 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 571 | 3419 | 58·9 | 65·1 | 12·4 | 25·9 | 62·5 | 65·6 | 24·4 | 1·7 | 42·1 | 6·3 | 4·8 | 4·5 | 0·8 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 14 HBCs ¶ | 3 707 343 | 58 933 | 72·9 | 77·4 | 21·2 | 33·9 | 70·9 | 68·3 | 50·6 | 9.0 | 36·8 | 14·2 | 15·2 | 19·6 | 1·9 | 2·2 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
* Samples were nationally representative except in China, India, and the Russian Federation, where the survey was carried out in geographically limited regions;
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Countries are ranked by TB incidence.
£ Presence of symptoms of active TB disease was based on self-reports of blood in cough or phlegm and self-reports of coughs lasting more than 3 weeks in last 12 months.
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Proportions are gender specific weighted average using respective population; M: men; W: women.