Topic
Tuberculosis
Reported U.S. tuberculosis incidence fell from more than 50 cases per 100,000 in 1953 to about 3 per 100,000 in recent years, with a COVID-era dip and a rebound afterward.
TB incidence here is reported TB disease per 100,000 population from CDC surveillance — not latent infection, and not the course of illness in one patient. Death counts come from NCHS mortality and lag the case year.
TB incidence rate
TB disease incidence rate per 100,000 population
Markers note the 1975 case-definition break and the 1979 mortality coding break described by CDC.
Data table & download
Source: CDC TB in the US, 2024 — incidence & mortality table
How to read this chart
- Case data after 1974 are not comparable to prior years due to surveillance case-definition changes effective in 1975 (CDC note).
- Large decrease in TB death rate in 1979 reflects coding change: late effects of tuberculosis and pleurisy with effusion without mention of cause no longer included in tuberculosis deaths (CDC note).
- 2024 deaths were not yet available on the source table (--).
- Incidence is reported TB disease in the population, not individual clinical progression.