About
This table describes the number of deaths reported among persons with tuberculosis (TB) disease in the United States from 2010 to 2022.
Key Highlights
- In 2022, the most recent year for which death data are available, 858 deaths were reported by TB programs.
- Of those, 349 (41%) were related to TB disease or TB therapy.
- Among all deaths in 2022, 246 (29%) were among persons who were dead at diagnosis and 612 (71%) were among persons who died after diagnosis.
Data Table
Deaths Reported Among Persons with Tuberculosis Disease: United States, 2010–2022
| Year1 | Total | Dead at diagnosis | Died after diagnosis | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total deaths reported | Deaths related to TB disease or therapy2 | Total deaths | TB a cause of death | TB not a cause of death | Cause of death unknown or missing | Total deaths | Related to TB disease or therapy | Unrelated to TB disease or therapy | Cause of death unknown or missing | ||||||||
| No. | No. | (%) | No. | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | |
| 2022 | 858 | 349 | (40.7) | 246 | 97 | (39.4) | 93 | (37.8) | 56 | (22.8) | 612 | 252 | (41.2) | 225 | (36.8) | 135 | (22.1) |
| 2021 | 880 | 367 | (41.7) | 258 | 89 | (34.5) | 114 | (44.2) | 55 | (21.3) | 622 | 278 | (44.7) | 226 | (36.3) | 118 | (19.0) |
| 2020 | 846 | 350 | (41.4) | 208 | 75 | (36.1) | 89 | (42.8) | 44 | (21.2) | 638 | 275 | (43.1) | 258 | (40.4) | 105 | (16.5) |
| 2019 | 892 | 316 | (35.4) | 222 | 64 | (28.8) | 108 | (48.6) | 50 | (22.5) | 670 | 252 | (37.6) | 282 | (42.1) | 136 | (20.3) |
| 2018 | 805 | 287 | (35.7) | 196 | 66 | (33.7) | 85 | (43.4) | 45 | (23.0) | 609 | 221 | (36.3) | 273 | (44.8) | 115 | (18.9) |
| 2017 | 793 | 258 | (32.5) | 164 | 50 | (30.5) | 81 | (49.4) | 33 | (20.1) | 629 | 208 | (33.1) | 285 | (45.3) | 136 | (21.6) |
| 2016 | 838 | 317 | (37.8) | 206 | 71 | (34.5) | 96 | (46.6) | 39 | (18.9) | 632 | 246 | (38.9) | 254 | (40.2) | 132 | (20.9) |
| 2015 | 794 | 275 | (34.6) | 207 | 63 | (30.4) | 102 | (49.3) | 42 | (20.3) | 587 | 212 | (36.1) | 261 | (44.5) | 114 | (19.4) |
| 2014 | 769 | 283 | (36.8) | 194 | 61 | (31.4) | 100 | (51.5) | 33 | (17.0) | 575 | 222 | (38.6) | 241 | (41.9) | 112 | (19.5) |
| 2013 | 812 | 280 | (34.5) | 212 | 64 | (30.2) | 110 | (51.9) | 38 | (17.9) | 600 | 216 | (36.0) | 278 | (46.3) | 106 | (17.7) |
| 2012 | 834 | 277 | (33.2) | 212 | 65 | (30.7) | 98 | (46.2) | 49 | (23.1) | 622 | 212 | (34.1) | 296 | (47.6) | 114 | (18.3) |
| 2011 | 944 | 349 | (37.0) | 241 | 89 | (36.9) | 102 | (42.3) | 50 | (20.7) | 703 | 260 | (37.0) | 317 | (45.1) | 126 | (17.9) |
| 2010 | 914 | 320 | (35.0) | 245 | 79 | (32.2) | 123 | (50.2) | 43 | (17.6) | 669 | 241 | (36.0) | 308 | (46.0) | 120 | (17.9) |
1Year the case was counted, not the year the person died.
2Persons who were dead at diagnosis or died during therapy, and for whom TB disease or TB therapy was indicated as a cause of death.
Notes
Data for all years are updated through July 10, 2025.