Progress in reducing TB deaths however has not been even, with just 34% reduction in countries with the highest TB death rates compared to 70% in countries with the lowest rates.
“Our statistics show that overall the gaps are closing between the most-advantaged and least-advantaged countries of the world,” says Dr Ties Boerma, Director of the Department of Health Statistics and Information Systems at WHO.
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今年报告中的其他主要趋势还包括：
Otherkey trends in this year’s report include:
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早产：每年有约1500万婴儿为早产儿（妊娠满37周之前出生），其中有100万例死亡。
Preterm births: Every year around 15 million babies are born preterm (before 37 weeks of pregnancy) and one million of them die.
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早产是全世界新生儿死亡的首要原因，在所有五岁以下儿童的死亡原因中列居第二（仅次于肺炎）。
Preterm birth is the world’s leading killer of newborn babies and the second most important cause of death (after pneumonia) in all children aged less than 5 years.
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糖尿病：按空腹血糖升高（≥126毫克/分升）计算，全世界约有10%的成年人患有糖尿病。
Diabetes: Almost 10% of the world’s adult population has diabetes, measured by elevated fasting blood glucose (≥126mg/dl).
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糖尿病患者罹患中风的风险增大，发生下肢截肢的可能比非糖尿病患者高出10倍。
People with diabetes have increased risk of stroke and are 10 times more likely to need a lower limb amputation than people who do not have diabetes.
Access to medicines: Many low- and middle-income countries face a scarcity of medicines in the public sector, forcing people to the private sector where prices can be up to 16 times higher.
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在这些国家，公共部门平均只能提供57%（最低可达3%）的选定非专利药物。
In these countries, an average of only 57% (and as little as 3%) of selected generic medicines are available in the public sector.