Figure 5: Notified cases and rates of tuberculosis in children aged less than 15 years, Australia, 2005-2014, by population subgroup
This figure shows notified cases of tuberculosis (TB) in Australia reported annually in children aged less than five years for the period 2005 to 2014, presented by population subgroups. The figure shows that the rate of TB in Australian born non Indigenous children has remained relatively stable over the past decade, whilst the rate in Australian born Indigenous children has fluctuated between 0.4 and 2.9 cases per 100,000. The rate of TB in overseas born children has also fluctuated over that time ranging from 5.7 to 10.1 cases per 100,000.