Tuberculosis--Western Europe, 1974-1991

In several industrialized countries, declines in trends in reported tuberculosis (TB) have stabilized or reversed. This phenomenon was first recognized in the United States and subsequently observed in Western European countries. This report summarizes a 1992 assessment of trends in TB morbidity and mortality in 15 countries of Western Europe (Table 1) by the Tuberculosis Program of the World Health Organization (WHO).