A total of 9029 new cases of tb were reported in the united states in 2018 which was a 0 7 decrease from 2017. The incidence of tuberculosis tb in the united states in 2018 was 2 8 cases per 100 000 persons which is the lowest ever reported according to an article published in the centers for disease control and prevention s cdc morbidity and mortality weekly report. 3 the large decrease in death rate in 1979 occurred because late effects of tuberculosis e g bronchiectasis or fibrosis.
2 case data after 1974 are not comparable to prior years due to changes in the surveillance case definition that became effective in 1975. Accessed june 17 2019. 1 official tuberculosis mortality statistics were compiled by the national center for health statistics cdc.
The rate among non u s born persons was 14 times that in u s born persons. Tb incidence in 2018 2 8 per 100 000 persons represented a 1 3 decrease from 2017. In 2018 a total of 9 029 new tuberculosis tb cases were reported in the united states representing a 0 7 decrease from 2017 the u s.
5 7 million men 3 2 million women and 1 1 million. In 2018 an estimated 10 million people fell ill with tuberculosis tb worldwide. Worldwide tb is one of the top 10 causes of death and the leading cause from a single infectious agent above hiv aids.
A total of 1 5 million people died from tb in 2018 including 251 000 people with hiv. Virgin islands and three independent countries that are in compacts of free association with the united states federated states of micronesia republic of the. Territories american samoa commonwealth of the northern mariana islands guam puerto rico and the u s.
The report includes information on tb disease reported from the 50 united states the district of columbia dc five u s. In 2018 an estimated 1 2 million people who were hiv negative died of tb. Tb is the leading cause from a single infectious agent ranking above hiv aids.
The mortality from tb that is the number of deaths is that tb is the tenth leading cause of death worldwide.
