National quarterly report of tuberculosis in Scotland
Provisional data for quarter 2, 2024
Official statistics in development
- Published
- 25 July 2024 (Latest release)
- Type
- Statistical report
- Author
- Public Health Scotland
About this release
This release by Public Health Scotland (PHS) is the second release of quarterly official statistics in development on tuberculosis (TB) notifications in Scotland. This release presents provisional data from the national enhanced surveillance system for TB in Scotland. This is in addition to an annual TB surveillance report which is published by PHS. The content of these reports will be reviewed and developed over time following feedback from stakeholders and user engagement.
Main points
Provisional data in 2023 and up to quarter 2 in 2024 shows that:
- There were 82 TB notifications in quarter 2 of 2024.
- Tuberculosis notifications in quarter 2 of 2024 increased by 51.9% when compared with quarter 1 in 2024 and 6.5% compared with quarter 2 in 2023.
- The percentage of TB notifications in quarter 2 of 2024 that were male was 63.4% compared with 63.0% in quarter 1 2024 and 55.8% in quarter 2 of 2023.
- In quarter 2 of 2024, TB notifications were received from 10 NHS boards.
- Most TB notifications in quarter 2 of 2024 were from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS Lothian.
- The percentage of TB notifications presenting with pulmonary disease in quarter 2 of 2024 decreased to 42.7% from 53.7% in quarter 1 2024 and 57.1% in quarter 2 of 2023.
Overall numbers
The number of TB notifications per quarter for Scotland are shown in Figure 1 and the cumulative number of notifications by month in Figure 2.
There were 82 TB notifications in quarter 2 of 2024, which is an increase of 6.5% when compared with the same quarter of 2023 when there were 77 notifications. This was higher than the number of TB notifications in quarter 1 of 2024 (54 notifications) and the preceding quarters of 2023 except quarter 3 which had the same number of TB notifications.
Year | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Q1 | 61 | 58 | 44 | 50 | 45 | 54 |
Q2 | 55 | 44 | 66 | 50 | 77 | 82 |
Q3 | 60 | 56 | 67 | 56 | 82 | - |
Q4 | 68 | 60 | 49 | 45 | 79 | - |
Total | 244 | 218 | 226 | 201 | 283 |
TB notifications by sex
The percentage of TB notifications in quarter 2 of 2024 that were male was 63.4% compared with 53.7% in quarter 1 2024 and 55.8% in quarter 2 of 2023.
Geographical distribution
Figure 3 shows the TB notifications in Scotland each quarter by NHS board. In quarter 2 of 2024:
- TB notifications were received from 10 NHS boards.
- Most TB notifications were from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS Lothian.
- There were no TB notifications from four NHS boards in quarter 2 2024 (NHS Dumfries and Galloway, NHS Orkney, NHS Shetland and NHS Western Isles).
- Compared with quarter 2 2023, TB notifications increased in six NHS boards (NHS Borders, NHS Forth Valley, NHS Greater Glasgow, NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Lothian and NHS Tayside) but decreased in five NHS Boards (NHS Ayrshire and Arran, NHS Fife, NHS Grampian, NHS Highland and NHS Shetland).
Site of TB disease
Figure 4 shows the proportion of TB notifications in Scotland with pulmonary and non-pulmonary disease by quarter. In quarter 2 of 2024, 42.7% of TB notifications presented with pulmonary disease compared with 53.7% in quarter 1 2024 and 57.1% in quarter 2 2023.
Further information
The next release of this publication will be 31 October 2024.
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