TB rampant despite progress

BEIJING - The prevalence of tuberculosis in China fell slightly during the past decade but the nation still has the world's second-largest population of people with the disease, according to the findings of a new survey.

China's once-a-decade epidemiological survey on the airborne infection noted that only India has more carriers.

Currently, China has 5.23 million tuberculosis patients and an incidence rate of 459 cases per 100,000 people aged 15 and above on the mainland, according to the survey that was conducted in 2010.