A shekara ta 2012, kimanin miliyan 8.6 na ciwo mai tsanani sun kasance masu aiki. A shekara ta 2010, an gano kimanin miliyan 8.8 na ciwon tarin fuka, kuma mutane miliyan 1.201.45 sun mutu, mafi yawan waɗannan sun faru ne a kasashe masu tasowa. Daga cikin wadannan mutane miliyan 1.45 da suka mutu, kimanin miliyan 0.35 ne suka kamu da cutar HIV. Tuberculosis ita ce ta biyu mafi yawan abin da ke haifar da mutuwa daga cutar ta kamuwa da cuta (bayan wadanda suka kamu da cutar HIV / AIDS). Yawan mutanen da ke fama da cutar tarin fuka ya ragu tun daga shekara ta 2005, yayin da sababbin cututtuka suka faru a kimanin kashi 1 cikin 100 na yawan jama'a a kowace shekara. Duk da haka, yawancin cututtuka da M. tarin fuka ba su haifar da cutar tarin fuka ba, kuma kashi 90-95% na cututtuka sun kasance marasa lafiya. A shekara ta 2012, kimanin miliyan 8.6 na ciwon tarin fuka sun kasance masu aiki. A shekara ta 2010, an kiyasta yawan mutanen da ke fama da cutar tarin fuka sun karu da kashi 17 cikin dari, musamman a kasashen Afirka ta Kudu da Asiya ta Kudu, da Asiya ta Tsakiya. A
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