Table 3.
Total and per-person estimates of the burden of disease caused by incident tuberculosis in 2019
| Total tuberculosis cases (thousands) |
Absolute DALYs (millions) |
DALYs per incident tuberculosis case |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculosis disease | Post-tuberculosis | Total | Tuberculosis disease | Post-tuberculosis | Total | |||
| All | 9954 (8952–11 003) | 63·79 (53·87–75·16) | 57·76 (38·37–82·97) | 121·55 (98·29–151·19) | 6·41 (5·69–7·20) | 5·80 (3·83–8·34) | 12·21 (10·02–14·85) | |
| Age group | ||||||||
| 1–4 years | 1185 (1065–1309) | 10·75 (8·97–13·02) | 10·26 (6·51–15·03) | 21·00 (16·61–26·56) | 9·07 (7·92–10·80) | 8·66 (5·52–12·92) | 17·73 (14·16–21·99) | |
| 15–34 years | 3307 (2974–3655) | 14·43 (12·16–17·06) | 24·32 (16·14–35·07) | 38·75 (29·76–50·70) | 4·36 (3·85–4·97) | 7·36 (4·82–10·71) | 11·72 (9·12–15·03) | |
| 35–54 years | 3039 (2733–3359) | 22·06 (18·72–25·77) | 16·32 (10·85–23·19) | 38·37 (31·55–46·87) | 7·26 (6·47–8·18) | 5·37 (3·59–7·65) | 12·63 (10·61–15·02) | |
| 55–74 years | 1998 (1797–2208) | 14·41 (12·26–16·76) | 6·29 (4·27–9·00) | 20·69 (17·61–24·29) | 7·21 (6·41–8·01) | 3·15 (2·17–4·45) | 10·36 (9·09–11·79) | |
| ≥75 years | 426 (383–471) | 2·15 (1·83–2·51) | 0·58 (0·40–0·83) | 2·73 (2·33–3·19) | 5·05 (4·47–5·65) | 1·36 (0·95–1·92) | 6·41 (5·77–7·17) | |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 6158 (5538–6807) | 39·75 (33·58–46·81) | 35·61 (23·69–51·05) | 75·36 (61·12–93·50) | 6·45 (5·73–7·24) | 5·78 (3·85–8·26) | 12·24 (10·10–14·82) | |
| Female | 3796 (3414–4196) | 24·04 (20·29–28·35) | 22·15 (14·63–32·05) | 46·19 (37·13–57·77) | 6·33 (5·62–7·13) | 5·84 (3·81–8·50) | 12·17 (9·93–14·84) | |
| Tuberculosis incidence level (cases per 100 000 population) | ||||||||
| <10 | 51 (46–56) | 0·13 (0·11–0·15) | 0·08 (0·03–0·18) | 0·21 (0·15–0·31) | 2·48 (2·15–2·87) | 1·60 (0·50–3·68) | 4·08 (2·93–6·30) | |
| 10–49 | 331 (298–366) | 1·05 (0·89–1·25) | 1·02 (0·58–1·58) | 2·07 (1·58–2·69) | 3·19 (2·78–3·62) | 3·08 (1·82–4·84) | 6·27 (4·92–8·02) | |
| 50–199 | 4726 (4250–5224) | 29·43 (24·90–34·33) | 23·70 (16·26–34·37) | 53·13 (43·57–64·51) | 6·23 (5·53–6·95) | 5·02 (3·47–7·10) | 11·24 (9·53–13·53) | |
| ≥200 | 4846 (4359–5357) | 33·19 (28·02–39·07) | 32·96 (20·25–49·02) | 66·14 (52·32–83·97) | 6·85 (6·05–7·81) | 6·80 (4·09–10·14) | 13·65 (10·79–17·05) | |
| HIV status | ||||||||
| HIV positive | 999 (899–1104) | 11·84 (10·12–13·84) | 5·81 (3·78–8·44) | 17·65 (14·84–21·04) | 11·85 (10·59–13·39) | 5·82 (3·79–8·51) | 17·67 (15·27–20·45) | |
| HIV negative | 8955 (8053–9898) | 51·95 (43·86–61·16) | 51·95 (34·55–74·36) | 103·90 (83·26–130·27) | 5·80 (5·13–6·54) | 5·80 (3·83–8·36) | 11·60 (9·44–14·24) | |
| Tuberculosis treatment | ||||||||
| Treated | 7224 (6230–8270) | 17·43 (9·75–28·92) | 43·84 (28·17–64·45) | 61·27 (40·87–86·32) | 2·39 (1·48–3·59) | 6·07 (4·09–8·76) | 8·46 (6·10–11·35) | |
| Untreated | 2730 (1999–3530) | 46·36 (33·70–60·53) | 13·92 (8·04–22·31) | 60·28 (43·59–79·15) | 16·99 (15·24–18·81) | 5·10 (3·27–7·55) | 22·09 (19·51–24·84) | |
Values in parentheses represent 95% uncertainty intervals. DALYs=disability-adjusted life-years.