TABLE 1.

Trends in mortality associated with TB estimated by joinpoint regression from two sets of surveillance data.

Variable	Dataset	Phase*	Annual % change (95% CI)
TB mortality since 1953	Death certificates	1953 – 1955	−14.2 (−18.6, −9.5)
		1955 – 1966	−7.5 (−8.0, −7.0)
		1966 – 1982	−9.5 (−10.0, −9.1)
		1982 – 1990	0.1 (−2.1, 2.4)
		1990 – 2006	−8.2 (−9.0, −7.4)
TB mortality since 1993	NTSS §	1993 – 2002	−13.3 (−13.8, −12.9)
		2002 – 2006	−3.4 (−5.8, −0.9)

^*Phases were defined as the years between the inflection points identified by the joinpoint regression.

^§NTSS: National Tuberculosis Surveillance System.