Data and statistics

Global situation and trends: TB mortality has fallen by 40% since 1990 and, if the current trend is sustained, the Stop TB Partnership target of a 50% reduction by 2015 compared with 1990 will be met.

Global Health Observatory

WHO's portal providing access to data and analyses for monitoring the global health situation

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Incidence

8.8 millionnew TB cases in 2010.

Number of TB cases

Mortality

1.4 milliondeaths from TB in 2010, including
0.35 million people with HIV.

Number of deaths due to TB

Treatment

5.7 millionnew and recurrent TB cases treated
in 2010.

TB treatment success rates

Mortality and burden of disease

Life expectancy

Causes of death

Burden of disease

Health systems

Health workforce

Health financing

Essential medicines

Governance and aid effectiveness

Essential health technologies

Service delivery

Environmental health

Noncommunicable diseases

Mortality/morbidity

Risk factors

Health systems response

Infectious diseases

Cholera

Meningococcal meningitis

Global influenza virological surveillance

Health equity

Urban health

Women and health

Road safety

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

MDG 1: child underweight

MDG 4: child health

MDG 4: immunization

MDG 5: maternal and reproductive health

MDG 6: HIV/AIDS

MDG 6: malaria

MDG 6: neglected tropical diseases

MDG 6: tuberculosis

MDG 7: water and sanitation

MDG 8: essential medicines