TB Incidence in the United States, 1953-2019
TB Incidence in the United States, 1953-2019 TB Cases and Case Rates per 100,000 Population
Year | Number of Cases | Rate |
---|---|---|
2019 | 8,916 | 2.7 |
2018 | 9,024 | 2.8 |
2017 | 9,082 | 2.8 |
2016 | 9,252 | 2.9 |
2015 | 9,537 | 3.0 |
2014 | 9,390 | 3.0 |
2013 | 9,551 | 3.0 |
2012 | 9,926 | 3.2 |
2011 | 10,483 | 3.4 |
2010 | 11,077 | 3.6 |
2009 | 11,503 | 3.7 |
2008 | 12,891 | 4.2 |
2007 | 13,288 | 4.4 |
2006 | 13,729 | 4.6 |
2005 | 14,062 | 4.8 |
2004 | 14,501 | 5.0 |
2003 | 14,836 | 5.1 |
2002 | 15,059 | 5.2 |
2001 | 15,947 | 5.6 |
2000 | 16,308 | 5.8 |
1999 | 17,498 | 6.3 |
1998 | 18,285 | 6.6 |
1997 | 19,753 | 7.2 |
1996 | 21,209 | 7.9 |
1995 | 22,726 | 8.5 |
1994 | 24,207 | 9.2 |
1993 | 25,103 | 9.7 |
1992 | 26,673 | 10.4 |
1991 | 26,283 | 10.4 |
1990 | 25,701 | 10.3 |
1989 | 23,495 | 9.5 |
1988 | 22,436 | 9.2 |
1987 | 22,517 | 9.3 |
1986 | 22,768 | 9.5 |
1985 | 22,201 | 9.3 |
1984 | 22,255 | 9.4 |
1983 | 23,846 | 10.2 |
1982 | 25,520 | 11.0 |
1981 | 27,373 | 11.9 |
1980 | 27,749 | 12.2 |
1979 | 27,669 | 12.3 |
1978 | 28,521 | 12.8 |
1977 | 30,145 | 13.7 |
1976 | 32,105 | 14.7 |
1975 | 33,989 | 15.7 |
1974 1 | 30,122 | 14.1 |
1973 | 30,998 | 14.6 |
1972 | 32,882 | 15.7 |
1971 | 35,217 | 17.0 |
1970 | 37,137 | 18.1 |
1969 | 39,120 | 19.3 |
1968 | 42,623 | 21.2 |
1967 | 45,647 | 23.0 |
1966 | 47,767 | 24.3 |
1965 | 49,016 | 25.2 |
1964 | 50,874 | 26.5 |
1963 | 54,042 | 28.6 |
1962 | 53,315 | 28.6 |
1961 | 53,726 | 29.2 |
1960 | 55,494 | 30.7 |
1959 | 57,535 | 32.4 |
1958 | 63,534 | 36.3 |
1957 | 67,149 | 39.0 |
1956 | 69,895 | 41.4 |
1955 | 77,368 | 46.6 |
1954 | 79,775 | 48.9 |
1953 | 84,304 | 52.6 |
1Case data after 1974 are not comparable to prior years due to changes in the surveillance case definition that became effective in 1975.
Note: The 1993 to 2018 tuberculosis case counts and rates were updated using the following sources: Bridged-Race 1990–1999 Intercensal Population Estimates for 1990–1999, Intercensal Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2010external icon and Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 July 1, 2019external icon; accessed June 17, 2020.
Page last reviewed: October 24, 2020
Content source: Division of Tuberculosis Elimination