In 2007, the country with the highest estimated incidence rate of TB was Swaziland, with 1,200 cases per 100,000 people. India had the largest total incidence, with an estimated 2.0 million new cases. In developed countries, tuberculosis is less common and is found mainly in urban areas. Rates per 100,000 people in different areas of the world were: globally 178, Africa 332, the Americas 36, Eastern Mediterranean 173, Europe 63, Southeast Asia 278, and Western Pacific 139 in 2010. In Canada and Australia, tuberculosis is many times more common among the aboriginal peoples, especially in remote areas. In the United States Native Americans have a fivefold greater mortality from TB, and racial and ethnic minorities accounted for 84% of all reported TB cases. COUNT 5
QSN1 Out of every 100,000 people in Swaziland in 2007, how many were infected with tuberculosis? ANS1 1,200 QSN2 What country had a record-setting 2 million new cases of TB in 2007? ANS2 India QSN3 What people in Australia and Canada have a much higher risk of TB infection than other residents? ANS3 aboriginal QSN4 What indigenous people in the U.S. are five times more likely to die from TB? ANS4 Native Americans QSN5 What percentage of TB cases in America are diagnosed in minority groups? ANS5 84%