Assessing India’s tuberculosis burden: Data
The Hindu
India accounted for 26% of global TB cases and 26% of global TB deaths in 2023
According to the Global Tuberculosis Report 2024, India had the highest tuberculosis (TB) burden in 2023. Over half the cases globally (55.9%) were concentrated in just five countries. India accounted for 26% of all the cases worldwide, followed by Indonesia (10%), China (6.8%), the Philippines (6.8%), and Pakistan (6.3%) (Chart 1).
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Even though deaths due to TB in India have been steadily falling over the past decade, from 5.8 lakh in 2010 to 3.2 lakh in 2023, 26% of global TB deaths among people with and without HIV in 2023 occurred in India.
Chart 2 shows the estimated number of deaths caused by TB in India.
Incidence of TB, seen relative to the population, also dropped in India from 275.7 cases in 2010 to 194.9 cases in 2023.
Chart 3 shows the estimated TB incidence rate in India per 1,00,000 population.
Chart 4 shows the new and relapse TB cases by gender in India in 2023.
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