Tuberculosis in England: 2018

This report says there was 38% drop in new diagnoses from peak in 2011 to 2017 (from 8280 to 5102), with 9% fall in diagnoses between 2016 and 2017 alone. Incidence rate of TB is now 9.2/100,000 population, taking England to below WHO definition of low incidence country for the first time.

Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - September 28, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news