In 2022, there were 565 reported deaths due to tuberculosis, a significant decrease from 5,217 deaths in 1970. This statistic depicts the number of deaths due to tuberculosis in the United States from 1960 to 2022. Tuberculosis Disease Of all infectious diseases, tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the most deadly worldwide. TB is a contagious lung disease caused by bacteria and passed through the air from an infected person to others. It often remains dormant for a few years before presenting as an active case in about five percent of latent cases. Common symptoms include coughing, including coughing up blood, and unexplained weight loss as the infection begins to spread throughout the body. Without antibiotic treatment, about one third of those with an active infection will die within two years and another third within five years. At-risk Populations Although the death rate for TB in the United States and other developed countries has remained relatively low over the past thirty years, other countries are more heavily burdened by this disease. The regions of Africa and South-East Asia have the highest number of tuberculosis deaths worldwide. In 2022, there were around 632 thousand deaths due to tuberculosis in South-East Asia, compared to just 35 thousand in the Americas.

In 2022, the rate of death from tuberculosis in the U.S. was .2 per every 100,000 population, a significant decrease from a rate of six in 1960. This statistic depicts the death rate for tuberculosis in the United States from 1960 to 2022.

Tuberculosis death rate (per 100,000 people) in Indonesia was reported at 44 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Indonesia - Tuberculosis death rate (per 100,000 people) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on October of 2025.

Tuberculosis death rate (per 100,000 people) in United Kingdom was reported at 0.34 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. United Kingdom - Tuberculosis death rate (per 100,000 people) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on October of 2025.

In Canada, the death rate for tuberculosis (TB) has remained stable for the past twenty years. In 2023, around *** out of 100 thousand Canadians died from TB. This statistic displays the age-standardized death rates for tuberculosis in Canada from 2000 to 2023. Tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is a lung disease caused by a contagious bacterium spread through the air and was the deadliest communicable disease worldwide in 2019. The disease often remains dormant for a few years after infection, after which about **** percent of those infected will develop active TB disease. Although reported cases have remained low in developed countries, many developing countries still struggle with higher rates. Moreover, individuals with HIV are at higher risk of developing and dying from an active TB infection, especially in high-burden countries. Prevention, treatment, and control Nowadays, antibiotics are the primary treatment modality for those infected with the bacterium causing TB. Efforts to reduce the burden of tuberculosis include enhancing prevention and control of cases of the disease, identification of risk factors, and treatment strategies for populations at risk of developing the active disease. Although reported cases have remained relatively low in Canada for the past thirty years, populations within the country at high risk include Indigenous peoples and foreign-born individuals.

East Timor Tuberculosis Death Rate was up 4.3% in 2019, compared to the previous year.

Tuberculosis death (all forms) and death rate by age group and sex

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Tuberculosis death rate (per 100,000 people) in Australia was reported at 0.13 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Australia - Tuberculosis death rate (per 100,000 people) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on October of 2025.

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This statistic depicts the mean tuberculosis death rates in high-burden countries worldwide in 2019, per 100,000 population. The Central African Republic led the ranking that year with a mean mortality rate of about ** per 100,000 population.

Tuberculosis death rate (per 100,000 people) in Sweden was reported at 0.18 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Sweden - Tuberculosis death rate (per 100,000 people) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on October of 2025.

This dataset shows the Death Rate Associated With Tuberculosis, Malaysia, 2000 - 2016.Footnote p - preliminary Source : Ministry of Health, Malaysia

Mortality from tuberculosis (ICD-10 A15-A19 equivalent to ICD-9 010-018). To reduce deaths from tuberculosis. Legacy unique identifier: P00491

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The indicator measures the standardised death rate of tuberculosis, HIV and hepatitis (International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes A15-A19_B90, B15-B19_B942 and B20-B24). The rate is calculated by dividing the number of people dying due to selected communicable diseases by the total population. Data on causes of death (COD) refer to the underlying cause which - according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) - is "the disease or injury which initiated the train of morbid events leading directly to death, or the circumstances of the accident or violence which produced the fatal injury". COD data are derived from death certificates. The medical certification of death is an obligation in all Member States. The data are presented as standardised death rates, meaning they are adjusted to a standard age distribution in order to measure death rates independently of different age structures of populations. This approach improves comparability over time and between countries. The standardised death rates used here are calculated on the basis of the standard European population referring to the residents of the countries.

In 2023, there were around 13.5 deaths due to tuberculosis per 100,000 people who were HIV-negative worldwide. In comparison, the tuberculosis mortality rate among people who were HIV-positive was two per 100,000 population. This statistic shows the mortality rate of tuberculosis worldwide from 2010 to 2023, by HIV status.

ObjectiveTuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of ill health and one of the leading causes of death worldwide. The first step in developing strategies to reduce TB mortality is to identify the direct causes of death in patients with TB and the risk factors for each cause.MethodsData on patients with TB systemically collected from the National Surveillance System of South Korea from January 2019 to December 2020 were included in this study. We analyzed the clinical characteristics associated with TB and non-TB-related deaths, including TB-related symptoms, comorbidities, and radiographic and microbiological findings.ResultsOf the total of 12,340 patients with TB, 61% were males with a mean age of 61.3 years. During the follow-up period, the overall mortality rate was 10.6%, with TB-related deaths accounting for 21.3% of all TB deaths. The median survival time in the TB-related death group was 22 days. TB-related death was associated with older age, lower body mass index (BMI), dyspnea, fever, general weakness, bilateral radiographic patterns, and acid-fast bacilli (AFB)-positive smears. Non-TB-related deaths were associated with older age, male sex, lower BMI, comorbidities of heart, liver, kidney, and central nervous system (CNS) diseases, CNS TB involvement, the presence of dyspnea, general weakness, and bilateral radiographic patterns.ConclusionPatients with high-risk TB must be identified through cause-specific mortality analysis, and the mortality rate must be reduced through intensive monitoring of patients with a high TB burden and comorbidities.

Tuberculosis death rate (per 100,000 people) in Nigeria was reported at 28 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Nigeria - Tuberculosis death rate (per 100,000 people) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on October of 2025.