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tuberculosis: the year you were born, and now

tuberculosis · the deadliest infection on earth, deaths a year

born 1950 ? → 1 250 000 deaths a year no ledger before 1990. in victorian europe it was one death in seven. it still kills over a million people a year.

method WHO Global TB Report deaths by year (HIV-negative and positive).

born 1970 ? → 1 250 000 deaths a year no ledger before 1990. in victorian europe it was one death in seven. it still kills over a million people a year.

it lives in cattle too. bovine tb crosses to people in raw milk. britain kills badgers and cattle by the tens of thousands a year to keep it out of the herd.

born 1990 1 900 000 → 1 250 000 deaths a year about 2 million a year when you were born. about 1 million now. it is still the deadliest infection on earth.

it lives in cattle too. bovine tb crosses to people in raw milk. britain kills badgers and cattle by the tens of thousands a year to keep it out of the herd.

born 2010 1 400 000 → 1 250 000 deaths a year about 1 million a year when you were born. about 1 million now. it is still the deadliest infection on earth.

it lives in cattle too. bovine tb crosses to people in raw milk. britain kills badgers and cattle by the tens of thousands a year to keep it out of the herd.

live. this is the channel itself. embed it anywhere:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?channel=tuberculosis" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · tuberculosis"></iframe>
or the whole broadcast, every channel, the same for everyone:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?embed=1" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · on now, everywhere"></iframe>

how this number is built

method
WHO Global TB Report deaths by year (HIV-negative and positive).
range
±10%
confidence
count
weakness
no global series before 1990.
dispute
dispute LGR-086 · corrections are credited
data
channels.json (sign-in) · full entry · CC BY 4.0
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