NSW Tuberculosis Surveillance Report 2024: Demographics

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  1. Tuberculosis notifications and notification rate
  2. Tuberculosis notifications by sex and age group
  3. Tuberculosis notifications by local health district
  4. Tuberculosis notifications by country of birth
  5. Tuberculosis notifications by risk factor

Overview


521
notifications in 2024


6.3 per 100,000
notification rate in 2024


8
cases in children <15 years of age​ in 2024

Tuberculosis notifications and notification rate in NSW, 2005​-2024

The number of notifications in 2024, 521, was 1.6% higher than the 518 notification in 2023 and 7.8% lower than the 5 year average of 565 notifications from 2019 to 2023.


Tuberculosis notifications by age group and sex in NSW, 2024

Number of notifications were highest in those aged 20-29 years.

Tuberculosis notification rate by local health district of residence in NSW, 2024

Notification rates were highest in Western Sydney (13.7 cases per 100,000) and Sydney (9.9 cases per 100,000) Local Health Districts.

Country ​​of birth of tuberculosis cases in NSW, 2024

Almost 87% of cases reported to be born in countries high risk for TB, the majority of these were countries in the Western Pacific, South-East Asia, and African​​​​​ World Health ​Organization (WHO) regions.

Country of birthNumber of casesPercentageRate per 100,0001
India
​75
14%35.9
Philippines
73
14%68.3
Nepal
60
12%92.4
Vietnam
49
9%50.0
Australia45
9%0.9
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)43
8%17.4
Indonesia21
4%55.4
Pakistan
18
3%53.1
Afghanistan
16
3%109.4
Bangladesh
13
2%43.9
Other countries108
21%6.9
Total521
1006.3

Reported ri​​sk factors2 among notified cases in NSW, 2024

Risk factor
Number of casesPercentage
Born in a high risk country3457
88%
Household or close contact with a TB case81
16%
​Ever resided in a high risk country (excluding country of birth)3
67​13%​
​Diabetes
46​9%​
​Previous TB disease​
41​8%​
Immunosuppressive condition
40
8%
​Immunosuppressive medication
39​7%​
​Ever worked in healthcare
38​7%​
Smoking​
23
4%
Alcohol or drug abuse​
11
2%
​Ever resided in an institution
4​1%​
​Renal replacement therapy/dialysis or end-stage renal failure
4​1%​
Other12
2​%
Not able to be determined1
<1%

Notes​

  1. Notification rate calculated utilising ABS Census Data 2021, population by country of birth.
  2. Multiple risk factors can be recorded.
  3. High risk country is those defined as countries with a TB incidence >40 cases per 100,000 population per year. For a current list of high risk countries see List of countries where tuberculosis (TB) is common.
  4. Data for this report was extracted from Notifiable Conditions Records for Epidemiology and Surveillance, NSW Ministry of Health on 11 June 2025. Population data including population by local health district (LHD), population by country of birth and, NSW population were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) via the Secure Analytics for Population Health Research and Intelligence System (SAPHaRI).
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Current as at: Thursday 21 August 2025
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