National quarterly report of tuberculosis in Scotland
Provisional data for quarter 3, 2025

Official statistics in development

Published: 30 October 2025 (Latest release)
Type: Statistical report
Author: Public Health Scotland

Health protection

About this release

This release by Public Health Scotland (PHS) of quarterly official statistics in development presents provisional data from national enhanced surveillance system for tuberculosis (TB) notifications in Scotland. This release present provisional quarterly data up to quarter 3 (July to September) 2025, in addition to the annual TB surveillance report which is published by PHS.

The TB quarterly report is now based on data extracted from the newly adopted UK National Tuberculosis Surveillance System (NTBS) and therefore there are minor changes in historical data. NTBS is a dynamic data source and statistics released are provisional and subject to validation and future planned revisions. These revisions do not affect the overall interpretation or conclusions to be drawn from the previously published data.

The content of these reports will be reviewed and developed over time following feedback from stakeholders and user engagement.

Main points

Provisional data in 2024 and up to quarter 3 in 2025 shows that:

There were 224 TB notifications in quarters 1 to 3 of 2025.
Tuberculosis notifications in the first three quarters of 2025 increased by 11.4% when compared with the first three quarters of 2024 when there were 201 TB notifications.
The percentage of TB notifications in quarters 1 to 3 of 2025 that were male was 61.6% compared with 64.7% in quarters 1 to 3 of 2024.
In quarters 1 to 3 of 2025, TB notifications were received from nine NHS boards.
Most TB notifications in quarter 1 to 3 of 2025 were from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (102 cases, 45.5%) and NHS Lothian (39 cases,17.4%).
In quarters 1 to 3 of 2025, 75.9% of notifications were amongst people born outside the UK compared to 74.6% in quarters 1 to 3 of 2024.

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 224 TB notifications in quarters 1 to 3 of 2025, which is an increase of 11.4% when compared with the same time period of 2024 when there were 201 notifications.

Table 1. TB notifications in Scotland by quarter, January 2019 to quarter 3, 2025
Year	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Q1	61	58	43	49	45	54	73
Q2	55	44	67	50	77	84	86
Q3	60	56	69	55	82	63	65
Q4	68	61	51	45	79	66	-
Total	244	219	230	199	283	267	-

Figure 1 is a bar chart showing the number of TB notifications in Scotland per quarter from January 2019 to September 2025 (quarter 3). Each bar represents the number of notifications for that quarter. The chart shows that tuberculosis notifications per quarter fluctuate, starting with 61 in Q1 2019 to 65 notifications in Q3 2025. The highest number of notifications was 86 in quarter 2 2025. The lowest number was 43 notifications in Q1 2021. The chart shows an increase (24.4%) in the number of notifications from 86 in Q2 to 65 in Q3 2025. The total number of 224 notifications for Q1 to 3 for 2025 compared to 201 for Q1 to 3 in 2024 (a 11.4% increase). — Image caption **Figure 1. TB notifications in Scotland by quarter, January 2019 to quarter 3 2025**

Figure 2 is a line chart showing the cumulative number of quarterly TB notifications in Scotland from January 2019 to September 2025. Each line represents the cumulative number of TB notifications for that year. The cumulative TB notifications were highest in the period January to September 2025 and lowest in 2022. — Image caption **Figure 2. Cumulative TB notifications in Scotland by month, January 2019 to September 2025**

TB notifications by sex

The percentage of TB notifications in the first three quarters of 2025 that were male was 61.6% (138/224) compared with 64.7% (130/201) in the first three quarters of 2024.

Geographical distribution

Figure 3 shows the TB notifications in Scotland each quarter by NHS board. In quarters 1 to 3 of 2025:

TB notifications were received from nine NHS boards.
Most TB notifications were from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (102/224; 45.5%) and NHS Lothian (39/224; 17.4%).
There were no TB notifications from five NHS boards in quarters 1 to 3 of 2025 (NHS Borders, NHS Dumfries and Galloway, NHS Orkney, NHS Shetland and NHS Western Isles).
Compared with quarters 1 to 3 of 2024, TB notifications increased in six NHS boards (NHS Fife, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, NHS Highlands, NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Lothian and NHS Tayside) but decreased in three NHS Boards (NHS Ayrshire and Arran, NHS Borders, NHS Forth Valley).

Figure 3 is a stacked bar chart showing the TB notifications in Scotland each quarter by NHS board between Q1 2019 and Q3 2025. The chart shows that the highest number of TB notifications reported each quarter were from Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GGC) and Lothian (LO). For the most recent Q3 2025, no notifications were received for 5 NHS boards including NHS Borders, NHS Dumfries and Galloway, NHS Orkney, NHS Shetland and NHS Western Isles. Meanwhile no TB notifications were received from five NHS boards in Q3 to 3 of 2025 (NHS Borders, NHS Dumfries and Galloway, NHS Orkney, NHS Shetland and NHS Western Isles. — Image caption **Figure 3. Number of TB notifications in Scotland by NHS boards by quarter, January 2019 to September 2025**

Site of TB disease

Figure 4 shows the proportion of TB notifications in Scotland with pulmonary and non-pulmonary disease by quarter. In quarter 1 to 3 of 2025, 57.1% (128/224) of TB notifications presented with pulmonary disease compared with 48.3% (97/201) in quarter 1 to 3 of 2024.

Figure 4 is a horizontal bar chart showing the proportion of TB notifications in Scotland by quarter and site of disease between Q1 2019 and Q3 2025. The site of disease was classified as pulmonary or non-pulmonary. The chart shows the proportion of pulmonary TB notifications varied from quarter to quarter, being highest in Q2 2019 at 74.5% and lowest most recently in Q3 2024 at 41.3%. As for Q1 to 3 of 2025, 57.1% of TB notifications presented with pulmonary disease compared with 48.3% in Q1 to 3 of 2024. — Image caption **Figure 4. Proportion of TB notifications in Scotland by site of disease, January 2019 to September 2025**

Country of birth and site of TB disease

Figure 5 shows the number of TB notifications by country of birth (UK born or non-UK born) by quarter where this was known. The proportion of TB notifications amongst people born in the UK born and outside the UK in quarters 1 to 3 of 2025 were 24.4% (54/221) and 75.6% (167/221), respectively. The country of birth was unknown for three notifications in quarters 1 to 3 of 2025. These proportions are comparable to those of quarters 1 to 3 of 2024 where 25.4% (51/201) and 74.6% (150/201) were UK born and non-UK born, respectively. However, the numbers in the latter group are somewhat increased in 2025 (150 in 2024 versus 167 in 2025). About 75% of all TB notifications are in people born outside the UK.

Figure 5 stacked bar chart showing the TB notifications in Scotland by country of birth by quarter between Q1 2019 and Q3 2025. The country of birth was classified as UK born or non-UK born. The chart show that the number of TB notifications from UK born and non-UK born varied from quarter to quarter. The proportion and number of TB notifications for UK born and non-UK born were 24.1% (54/224) and 75.9% (170/224), respectively. These proportions were comparable to those for Q1 to 3 of 2024. — Image caption **Figure 5. Number of TB notifications in Scotland by country of birth, January 2019 to September 2025**

Further information

The next release of this publication will be 29 January 2026.

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