Tuberculosis (TB) is just such a disease. "Every 36 minutes, there is a new tuberculosis patient, and every six hours another person dies of tuberculosis." These alarming figures describe the present situation in Taiwan.
「每三十六分鐘新增一個結核病人；每六小時有一個人死於結核病，」這樣驚悚的數字，描述的是台灣結核病的現況。