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Table 1 Characteristics of countries

From: Intuitive weights of harm for therapeutic decision making in smear-negative pulmonary Tuberculosis: an interview study of physicians in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh

Characteristics

India

Pakistan

Bangladesh

World Bank classification based on income

Lower middle

Lower middle

Low income

Total population (thousands)

1,241,492

176,745

150,494

TB mortality per 100,000 population-year (excludes HIV + TB)

24

33

45

TB prevalence 100,000 population-year (includes HIV + TB)

249

350

411

TB incidence 100,000 population-year (includes HIV + TB)

181

231

225

HIV prevalence in incident TB cases (%)

4.2

0.4

0.2

Incidence 100,000 population-year (HIV + TB)

7.6

0.84

0.42

Estimated% of new TB cases with MDR-TB

2.1

3.4

1.4

Estimated% of previously treated TB cases with MDR-TB

15

29

29

Percent new pulmonary cases smear- positive

65

50

82

Estimates of the case detection rate of new & relapse cases

59

64

45

Treatment success for all new cases (%) in 2010

89

90

91

  1. Source: World Health Organization. Global tuberculosis report 2012.