Table 3.

Estimated deaths averted by RNTCP from 1997–2016 CrI credible interval

	Direct effects	Indirect effects	Total lives saved
DS-TB lives saved	3.53 million (95% CrI* 2.86–4.11 million)	2.57 million lives (95% CrI 1.80–3.09 million)	6.25 million lives (95% CrI 4.96–7.14 million)
MDR-TB lives saved	0.71 million (95% CrI 0.61–0.79 million)	0.76 million (95% CrI 0.60–0.96 million)	1.50 million lives (95% CrI 1.22–1.74 million)
Total lives saved	4.23 million lives (95% CrI 3.52–4.89 million)	3.28 million lives (95% CrI 2.58–4.02 million)	7.75 million lives (95% CrI 6.29–8.82 million)

(*): As described in the main text, CrI denotes ‘credible intervals’.