Tuberculosis: Global Facts 2016

Tuberculosis (TB) is contagious and airborne. TB was one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide in 2015, and was responsible for more deaths than HIV and malaria.

In 2015, there were an estimated 10.4 million new (incident) TB cases worldwide, of which 5.9 million were men, 3.5 million were women and 1 million were children. People living with HIV accounted for 11% of the total. Six countries accounted for 60% of the new cases: India, Indonesia, China, Nigeria, Pakistan and South Africa.

In 2015, 1.8 million people died from TB, including 0.4 million among people with HIV. The total includes 1.1 million men, 0.5 million women and 0.2 million children. Globally, the number of TB deaths fell by 22% between 2000 and 2015.