TB ebomaki bato 100 million na bambula 100 oyo eleki, yango Organisation Mondial de Sante eti yango lokola maladie oyo ya koboma bato mingi na mokili 'Global Health Emergency' na 1993 (WHO 1). Emonani lokola 33% ya bato nyonso na mokili bazali na yango. Na mbula moko, bato 9 million ya sika bazuaka yango (WHO 2). Tango nyonso moto moko azuaka yango na second moko.