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Table 1 Burden of HIV infection, tuberculosis (TB) and HIV-associated TB globally and in sub-Saharan Africa

From: Management of HIV-associated tuberculosis in resource-limited settings: a state-of-the-art review

Disease

Global burden

Burden in sub-Saharan Africa: (% of global burden)

HIV/AIDS:

No. of people living with HIV infection

34,200,000

23,500,000 (69%)

HIV/AIDS-related deaths

1,700,000

1,200,000 (71%)

Tuberculosis:

No. of incident cases of TB

8,700,000

2,300,000 (26%)

TB deaths (excluding HIV)

990,000

220,000 (22%)

Incident cases of multidrug-resistant TB

310,000

45,000 (15%)

HIV-associated tuberculosis:

No. of incident cases

1,100,000

870,000 (79%)

No. of HIV-associated TB deaths

430,000

300,000 (70%)

  1. Data from [1, 3]. Incident disease and deaths represent annual disease burden.