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. 2004 Nov 6;329(7474):1090–1093. doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1090

Table 1.

Mortality and burden of disease from tuberculosis, exposure to indoor air pollution from solid fuels, and smoking in the year 2000. Numbers in brackets show the proportion of deaths in developing countries1,2

No of deaths (millions) Burden of disease (% of total global burden of disease)*
Tuberculosis 1.6(>90%) 2.5(>90%)
Indoor air pollution 1.6(>95%) 2.6(>95%)
Smoking 4.8 (50%) 4.1(>50%)
*

Burden of disease is measured in disability adjusted life years (DALY).

Deaths from tuberculosis exclude those among people with HIV according to the tenth revision of the International Classification of Disease system (ICD-10). When people with HIV are included, the total number of deaths is about 2 million.3