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. 2016 Mar 18;3:13–27. doi: 10.1016/j.jctube.2016.03.003

Table 1.

Epidemiology of tuberculosis 2014.

Variable Estimate
Incidence* 133 (126–141)
Prevalence* 174 (158–190)
Prevalence of HIV in incident TB cases* 12 (11–13)
Mortality* 16 (13–18)
HIV-positive TB mortality* 5.3 (4.8–5.9)
% of new cases with MDR-TB 3.3 (2.2–4.4)
% of retreatment cases with MDR-TB 20 (14–27)
Prevalence of XDR-TB among MDR-TB cases 9.7 (7.4–12)

HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; TB = tuberculosis; MDR-TB = multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; XDR-TB = extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis.

*

Expressed as estimate (lower and upper bounds of 95% uncertainty levels)/100,000 population.

Numbers in parentheses indicate 95% confidence intervals.

Source: Ref. [1].