Active tuberculosis

Infections. Also called: TB disease.

How common is Active tuberculosis in the US?

TB disease cases reported to the National TB Surveillance System, provisional: 9,615 (Cases in one year; the report also gives 2.9 per 100,000 persons; 50 states and the District of Columbia, 2023). Source: MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (CDC), 2024. Label: VERIFIED.

• 9,615 TB disease cases reported to the National TB Surveillance System, provisional. Out of: Cases in one year; the report also gives 2.9 per 100,000 persons. Where: 50 states and the District of Columbia. When: 2023. Label: VERIFIED.

  During 2023, a total of 9,615 TB cases were provisionally reported by the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia (DC), representing an increase of 1,295 cases (16%) as compared with 2022.

  Source: Tuberculosis - United States, 2023. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (CDC), 2024. PubMed 38547024. DOI 10.15585/mmwr.mm7312a4.

Each figure measures something different. Do not compare them with each other or with other conditions.

Medical codes

• ICD-10-CM FY2026: A15.0 Tuberculosis of lung (narrower). Latent infection is profiled separately.

Research activity

As of 2026-09-24: 538 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov (search Pulmonary Tuberculosis) and 4,705 PubMed records, 2021 to 2025. A count of records is not how common or serious the condition is.

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