▪ During 2000, an estimated 8.3 million new cases of tuberculosis (TB) developed worldwide, and nearly two million TB victims died ​ — almost all of them in low - income countries. ​ — MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA.
▪ 2000. gadā pasaulē ar tuberkulozi saslima aptuveni 8,3 miljoni cilvēku un mira gandrīz divi miljoni tuberkulozes slimnieku, galvenokārt valstīs ar zemu ienākumu līmeni. ( ŽURNĀLS MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRĀLIJA.)