Abstract Notification of TB cases was introduced since
1947 in Japan, and statistics on notified TB cases by sex and
age groups was available since 1949. Sex and age specific
TB notification rates per 100,000 from 1949 to 2001 were
tabulated together with the number of notified TB cases since
1969.
Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Research Institute of
Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association
Correspondence to: Masako Ohmori, Research Institute of
Tuberculosis, JATA, 3-1-24, Matsuyama, Kiyose-shi, Tokyo
204-8533 Japan.
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