Tuberculosis Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== Africa ==== In 2007, the country with the highest estimated incidence rate of TB was [[Eswatini]], with 1,200 cases per 100,000 people. In 2017, the country with the highest estimated [[Incidence (epidemiology)|incidence rate]] as a % of the population was [[Lesotho]], with 665 cases per 100,000 people.<ref name="Global tuberculosis report 2018">{{cite web|title=Global Tuberculosis Report 2018|url=http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/274453/9789241565646-eng.pdf?ua=1|access-date=27 September 2019|archive-date=7 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807121356/https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/274453/9789241565646-eng.pdf?ua=1|url-status=live}}</ref> In South Africa, 54 200 people died in 2022 from TB. The incidence rate was 468 per 100 000 people; in 2015, this was 988 per 100 000. The total incidence was 280 000 in 2022; in 2015, this was 552 000.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tomlinson |first=Catherine |date=2023-11-10 |title=In-depth: What new WHO TB numbers mean for South Africa |url=https://www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2023/11/10/in-depth-what-new-who-tb-numbers-mean-for-sa/ |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=Spotlight |language=en-US}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page