One-fifth of world`s TB cases in India
In a grim statistics for the country, India has reported nearly 1.4 million TB cases in the year 2006 contributing to one-fifth of the total global cases. In 2005, more than 3.2 lakh deaths were reported due to tuberculosis in the country, a report said.
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New Delhi, March 24: In a grim statistics for the
country, India has reported nearly 1.4 million TB cases in the
year 2006 contributing to one-fifth of the total global cases.
In 2005, more than 3.2 lakh deaths were reported due to
tuberculosis in the country, a report said.
The country continued to report high morbidity and
mortality due to tuberculosis and as many as 1.39 million
cases were reported in 2006, according to a report on
tuberculosis in the Southeast Asia region by the WHO.
The pace to control the disease slowed slightly in 2006
majorly due to India and China which accounted for 63 per cent
of the new cases in the past year, the report released on the
occasion of World TB Day said today.
According to Nani Nair, India is not really lagging behind
as far as reporting TB cases was concerned. "In India a large
number of patients are getting treated from private
practioners whose number goes unrecorded".
There is an increase from 9.1 million cases in 2005, due
to population growth. India, China, Indonesia, South Africa
and Nigeria rank first to fifth respectively in terms of
absolute number of cases.
The African region has the highest incidence rate per
capita, the report said adding there were an estimated 14.4
million prevalent cases of TB in 2006.
An estimated 1.5 million people died from TB in 2006. In
addition, another 2,00,000 people with HIV died from
HIV-associated TB, the report said.
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