Volume 4, Number 1—March 1998
Synopsis
Zoonotic Tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium bovis in Developing Countries
Table 1
Estimated human tuberculosis and HIV-attributable tuberculosis cases in 1990, 1995, and 2000, by region (19)
| 1990 |
1995 |
2000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region | TB cases | Ratea | HIV- attributed | TB cases | Rate | HIV- attributed | TB cases | Rate | HIV- attributed |
| Southeast Asia | 3,106,000 | 237 | 66,000 | 3,499,000 | 241 | 251,000 | 3,952,000 | 247 | 571,000 |
| Western Pacificb | 1,839,000 | 136 | 19,000 | 2,045,000 | 140 | 31,000 | 2,255,000 | 144 | 68,000 |
| Africa | 992,000 | 191 | 194,000 | 1,467,000 | 242 | 380,000 | 2,079,000 | 293 | 604,000 |
| Eastern Mediterranean | 641,000 | 165 | 9,000 | 745,000 | 168 | 16,000 | 870,000 | 168 | 38,000 |
| Americasc | 569,000 | 127 | 20,000 | 606,000 | 123 | 45,000 | 645,000 | 120 | 97,000 |
| Eastern Europed | 194,000 | 47 | 1,000 | 202,000 | 47 | 2,000 | 210,000 | 48 | 6,000 |
| Industrialized countriese | 196,000 | 23 | 6,000 | 204,000 | 23 | 13,000 | 211,000 | 24 | 26,000 |
| Total TB cases | 7,537,000 | 143 | 315,000 | 8,768,000 | 152 | 738,000 | 10,222,000 | 163 | 1,410,000 |
| Attributed to HIV | 4.2% | 8.4% | 13.8% | ||||||
| Increase since 1990 | 16.3% | 35.6% | |||||||
aRate: incidence of new cases per 100,000 population.
bWestern Pacific Region of WHO except Japan, Australia, and New Zealand.
cAmerican Region of WHO, except USA and Canada.
dEastern European countries and independent states of the former USSR.
eWestern Europe, USA, Canada, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand.
