The Strategic Plan for Control of Tuberculosis in Australia, 2021–2025

Rates of tuberculosis (TB) in Australia remain low by global standards. However, following a small decline from 2011 to 2015, there was an increase of 21 per cent in absolute case numbers from 2015 to 2020. Ninety-one percent of all notifications reported in 2020 with country of birth recorded occurred in people born overseas. While TB incidence remains higher than in Australian-born residents overall, there has been a 38% reduction in the rate of TB in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in 2020 compared to 2015.