Global Epidemiology of Tuberculosis and Progress Toward Achieving Global Targets --- 2017

Published on March 21, 2019

In 2017, an estimated 10 million incident tuberculosis (TB) cases and 1.6 million TB deaths occurred, reductions of 1.8% and 3.9% from 2016, respectively. TB epidemiology varied by World Health Organization region.

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