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Table 1 Comparison of tuberculosis morbidity and mortality between various countries in 2009

From: The value of effective public tuberculosis treatment: an analysis of opportunity costs associated with multidrug resistant tuberculosis in Latvia

 

Latvia

Estonia

Lithuania

Romania

Ukraine

USA

Population (millions)

2.205

1.283

3.536

21.905

45.135

313.232

Life expectancy (yrs)

72.68

73.33

75.34

73.98

68.58

78.37

Death rate (deaths/1,000)

13.6

13.55

11.33

11.81

15.74

8.38

TB incidence

1,100

450

2,600

27,000

59,000

14,000

TB rate per 100,000 pop

49.89

35.07

73.53

123.26

130.72

4.47

MDR-TB incidence

131

86

322

 

3,482

 

 New cases (% of total MDR)

83 (63%)

54 (63%)

114 (35%)

 

1,437 (41%)

 

 Previously treated (% of total MDR)

48 (37%)

32 (37%)

208 (65%)

 

2,045 (59%)

 

Number of TB cases with +HIV (%)

73 (9%)

39 (10%)

14 (NA)

 

3,771 (11%)

706 (6%)

2010 GDP per capita (USD)

14,300

19,000

15,900

11,500

6,700

47,400

  1. Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Global Health Observatory Data Repository. Found at http://www.who.int/tb/search/en/index.html. 2009.