• The tuberculosis (TB) incidence rate in 2007 was the lowest recorded since national reporting began in 1953. However, the average annual percentage decline in the TB rate has slowed.
• Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis cases have increased.
• There is persistent disparity in the incidence of tuberculosis between different ethnic groups and also between foreign-born persons and US-born persons.

Reference: Pratt R, Robison V, Navin T. Trends in tuberculosis. MMWR/57(11);281 - 285; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: March 21, 2008. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5711a2.htm Accessed on May 23, 2008.