Figure 1: Notification rates of tuberculosis, Australia, 1960 to 2014
This figure shows the rate of tuberculosis (TB) in Australia from 1960 to 2014. The figure demonstrates a substantial decline in the rate of TB since the 1960s, which has been maintained since the mid 1980s. Notification rates in the last decade have increased slightly ranging between 5 and 6 cases per 100,000 population.