《2014年世界卫生组织发布的关于结核病的重要事实》

1、 结核病仅仅是继艾滋病毒/艾滋病之后，在全世界由单一传染性病原体引起的最大杀手。

Tuberculosis (TB) is second only to HIV/AIDS as the greatest killer worldwide due to a single infectious agent.

2、 2012年，有860万人罹患结核病， 130万人死于结核病。

In 2012, 8.6 million people fell ill with TB and 1.3 million died from TB.

3、 95%以上的结核病死亡发生在低收入和中等收入国家，它还是导致15至44岁妇女死亡的三大原因之一。

Over 95% of TB deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, and it is among the top three causes of death for women aged 15 to 44.

4、 2012年，估计有53万名儿童罹患结核病，有7.4万名艾滋病毒阴性儿童死于结核病。

In 2012, an estimated 530 000 children became ill with TB and 74 000 HIV-negative children died of TB.

5、结核病是艾滋病毒携带者的首要死因，占后者死亡总数的五分之一。

TB is a leading killer of people living with HIV causing one fifth of all deaths.

6、 耐多药结核病几乎在所有接受调查的国家都存在。

Multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) is present in virtually all countries surveyed.

7、 每年罹患结核病的估计人数正在不断下降，虽然降幅很小，但意味着这个世界正在按计划实现“到2015年扭转结核病蔓延”的千年发展目标。

The estimated number of people falling ill with tuberculosis each year is declining, although very slowly, which means that the world is on track to achieve the Millennium Development Goal to reverse the spread of TB by 2015.

8、 1990年至2012年间，结核病死亡率下降了45%。

The TB death rate dropped 45% between 1990 and 2012.

9、 通过使用DOTS和世卫组织推荐的控制结核战略，估计有2200万人的生命得以挽救。

An estimated 22 million lives saved through use of DOTS and the Stop TB Strategy recommended by WHO.