Thursday, March 30, 2006

20 Nations with the highest prevalence of TB

Rank. Country TB deaths per 100,000
20. Burundi 564
19. Chad 566
18. Mali 578
17. Namibia 586
16. Mozambique 635
15. Uganda 646
14. Côte d'Ivoire 651
13. Rwanda 660
12. Afghanistan 661
11. South Africa 670
10. Somalia 673
9. Zimbabwe 673
8. Timor-Leste 692
7. Zambia 707
6. Cambodia 709
5. Togo 718
4. Sierra Leone 847
3. Kenya 888
2. Swaziland 1,120
1. Djibouti 1,137

(USA = 4)

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