Tuberculosis & HIV/AIDS: Statistics & Demographics

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Global

Australia: Antibiotic-Resistant TB on the Rise (September 22, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
About 25% of TB Deaths Occur Among HIV-Positive People, WHO Global TB Control Report Says (March 25, 2009)
That's twice as many HIV-related TB deaths as had previously been estimated -- although the WHO notes that the increase is mostly due to better methods for gathering data, not to changes in the TB or HIV pandemics.
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
HIV-Related TB Deaths Higher Than Past Estimates (March 24, 2009)
1.37 million new TB cases in 2007 among HIV-infected people, says new global TB control report.
From World Health Organization
Global Tuberculosis Control -- Epidemiology, Strategy, Financing: Slide Set (2009)
From World Health Organization
Global Tuberculosis Control 2009 (PDF) (2009)
Epidemiology, strategy, financing.
From World Health Organization
Global Report Finds High Rates of Resistant TB in Eastern Europe, China (March 16, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
TB Remains Serious Health Problem in Americas (May 1, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
TB a Major Threat, Says UN's Lewis (October 11, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Africa

Highly Resistant TB Strains Appearing Among HIV-Positive People in South Africa, Study Says (August 18, 2006)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Regional Health Ministers Declare Tuberculosis an African Emergency (August 26, 2005)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tuberculosis Cases and Deaths Linked to HIV at Alarming Levels in Africa (July 15, 2005)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
South Africa Among 22 Nations Most Ravaged by TB (March 19, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
South Africa: Tuberculosis and HIV -- A Deadly Duo (October 2, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV Causing Tuberculosis Cases to Double in Africa (April 23, 2001)
[Archived Article]
From UNAIDS

Asia

Drug-Resistant TB on the Rise in Asia: WHO (March 24, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
TB Up in Singapore for First Time in 10 Years: Government (March 24, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pakistan: Bigger Dose of Action Needed Against TB (June 12, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
TB Twice as Likely to Strike China's Countryside Than Cities (April 1, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tuberculosis Cases Increase in Thailand (March 26, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Canada

Canada: Immigrants With Inactive TB Aren't Told They Have Disease: Auditor-General's Report (May 30, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Canada: Saskatchewan Aboriginals Still Face Tuberculosis Threat, Doctor Warns (March 26, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Canada's Highest Tuberculosis Rate in Saskatchewan (April 3, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Russia/Eastern Europe

Russia Bracing for Spread of Dangerous TB Strains (August 25, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tuberculosis at Highest Levels in Romania for 27 Years (April 2, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tuberculosis Cases Double in Russia Over Past 10 Years (March 26, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Expert Warns of Tuberculosis "Time Bomb" in Russia (March 12, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tuberculosis Is Spreading in Central and Eastern Europe (April 8, 2000)
[Archived Article]
In British Medical Journal

United Kingdom

United Kingdom: Migrants Not Spreading Tuberculosis to Native Population (April 20, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

U.S. Overview

U.S. Tuberculosis Rate Hits All-Time Low: CDC (March 20, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Reported HIV Status of Tuberculosis Patients -- United States, 1993-2005 (October 26, 2007)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tuberculosis Decline in U.S. Slows as Cases Among Immigrants Rise (March 19, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Sees All-Time Low in TB Cases (March 21, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tuberculosis Screening Among Foreign-Born Persons Applying for Permanent U.S. Residence (May 28, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV-TB Cases Decline, Survival Increasing: Study (April 10, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC: U.S. Tuberculosis Cases Down Again (March 22, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Recurrent TB Infection More Likely in HIV-Positive Patients (December 2001)
[Archived Article]
In HEPP News, from Brown Medical School
Surveillance Reports: Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2000 (2001)
[Archived Article]
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Breathes Easier About TB (June 1997)
[Archived Article]
In Body Positive, from Body Positive

U.S. Mid-Atlantic

Virginia: TB Preventable, Treatable -- and Rising (May 5, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tuberculosis on the Rise in Virginia (March 25, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
New Cases of TB Down 13 Percent in District of Columbia (March 20, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
TB Still on Rise in North Virginia; Drug Resistance, Immigration Cited in Disease's Spread (March 18, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

U.S. Midwest

Sedgwick County, Kansas Works to Fight Rise in Tuberculosis (May 30, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Indiana Makes Progress Combating Tuberculosis Cases (April 15, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
St. Clair County, Ill., TB Cases Nearly Triple to 11 in 2002 (March 27, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Illinois TB Cases Down for the Sixth Straight Year (March 25, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Missouri: Tuberculosis Hits Record Low (March 17, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Cases of Tuberculosis in Iowa Continue to Fall (June 18, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Minnesota Sees Increase in Tuberculosis Cases (March 25, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Missouri TB Levels Drop to Record Low, but Fight Far From Over (March 13, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

U.S. Northeast

New York City: Tuberculosis Way Down -- But Not Quite Out (March 26, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
New York: The New Front in the Battle Against TB (May 23, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
New York City Tuberculosis Infection Rate Stays Highest in U.S. (March 21, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

U.S. South

Global Disease Settles in North Carolina (July 18, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Florida County Reports 24 Percent Rise in TB (March 24, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Florida: TB Cases May Be Dropping but Danger Is on the Rise (April 8, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Mississippi's TB Cases Fall to Rate Not Seen Since 1969 (April 2, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

U.S. Southwest

Texas Officials: Tuberculosis, HIV Pose Double Threat (March 24, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
New Mexico Sees Small Rise of Tuberculosis Cases (March 25, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Southwestern Oklahoma Has Unusually Large Tuberculosis Outbreak (March 25, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

U.S. West

California: State's TB Rate Lowest on Record (March 24, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tuberculosis Cases Decrease in Wyoming (March 24, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Washington: Homeless Hit Hardest by a Continuing TB Outbreak (March 24, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
California Tuberculosis Cases Up Slightly but Rate the Same in 2001 (March 25, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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