NSW Tuberculosis Surveillance Report 2025: 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


552
notifications in 2025


6.6 per 100,000
notification rate in 2025


4
cases in children <15 years of age​ in 2025

Tuberculosis notifications and notification rate in NSW, 2006​​-2025

The number of notifications in 2025, 552, was 6% higher than the 522 notification in 2024 and almost equal to the 5 year average of 551 notifications from 2020 to 2024​.


 

Tuberculosis notifications by age group and sex in NSW, 2025

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

 

Tuberculosis notification rate by local health district of residence in NSW, 2025

Notification rates were highest in Western Sydney (14.8 cases per 100,000) and Sydney (11.1 cases per 100,000) Local Health Districts.

 

Country ​​of birth of tuberculosis cases in NSW, 2025

Almost 90% 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
​84
15%40.2
Philippines
75
14%70.1
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
57
10%23.0
Nepal
57
10%87.8
Australia45
8%0.9
Vietnam
35
6%35.7
Indonesia
34
6%89.7
Thailand
13
2%41.1
Afghanistan
11
2%75.2
Myanmar, The Republic of the Union of
11
2%142.1
Other countries130
24%8.4
Total552
1006.6

Reported ri​​sk factors3 ​among notified cases in NSW, 2025


Risk factor
Number of casesPercentage
Born in a high risk country4491
89%
Ever resided in a high risk country (excluding country of birth)4​​
83
15%
Household or close contact with a TB case
53​10%​
​Diabetes
53​10%​
​Chest x-ray suggestive of old untreated TB
51
9%​
Smoking
37
7%
​Immunosuppressive condition
31​6%​
​Previously diagnosed with TB disease
28​5%​
​Ever worked in healthcare
27​5%​
Immunosuppressive medication
27
5%
Alcohol or drug abuse​​
10
2%
​Undernutrition
8​1%​
Other​
41
7%

Notes​

  1. Notification rate calculated utilising ABS Census Data 2021, population by country of birth.
  2. LHD: Local Health District
  3. Multiple risk factors can be recorded.
  4. 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.
  5. Data for this report was extracted from Notifiable Conditions Records for Epidemiology and Surveillance, NSW Ministry of Health on 26 May 2026. 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: Tuesday 7 July 2026
Contact page owner: Communicable Diseases