Tuberculosis morbidity--United States, 1994.

In 1994, a total of 24,361 cases of tuberculosis (TB) (9.4 cases per 100,000 population) were reported to CDC from the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and New York City, a 3.7% decrease from 1993 (25,287 cases [9.8 cases per 100,000]) (1). However, the number of cases reported in 1994 was a 9.7% increase over 1985 (22,201 cases) (Figure 1), the year with the lowest number of reported TB cases since national reporting began in 1953. This report summarizes TB surveillance data for 1994 and compares the findings with 1992 and 1993.