NSW Tuberculosis Surveillance Report 2023: Australian-born cases

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1. Number and rate of notified TB cases in Australian-born cases by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status, NSW, 2014-2023
2. Ethnicity of Australian-born tuberculosis cases in NSW, 2023
3. Reported risk factors for tuberculosis among Australian-born cases in NSW, 2023

Number and rate of notified tuberculosis cases in Australian-born cases by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status in NSW, 2014-2023

​Of the 42 Australian born cases in 2023​, 4 cases (9.5%) identified as an Aboriginal person. The average rate of TB among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people over the past 10 years is nearly double that of non-Indigenous Australian born cases.

Ethnicity of Australian-born tuberculosis cases¹ in NSW, 2023

The most common specific ancestry was Australian (64%, n=27), followed by Australian Aboriginal (7%, n=3), Chinese (7%, n=3) and Indian (7%, n=3).

Reported risk factors for tuberculosis² among Australian-born cases in NSW, 2023

Notes

1. People can specify up to two distinct ethnicities.
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 24 September 2024. Population data including population by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status and country of birth were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) via the Secure Analytics for Population Health Research and Intelligence System (SAPHaRI).

Demographics2023 reportOverseas-born cases