Abstract: Objective The aim is to understand the source,profile and trend of China tuberculosis(TB) mortality information.Method By consulting experts and reviewing published papers and surveillance or survey reports to know clues of the China TB mortality data resource,then to find out the data resources we needed and describe the data profile and the trend of China TB mortality.Results The sources of the information include Cause-of-death Surveys of China National Disease Surveillance Points System,National TB Epidemiological Survey,Annual Chinese National Health Statistics,WHO annual report: Global TB Control.For the overall TB mortality rate,in WHO annual report,this rate was 19.00/100 000 in 2000,and then decreased gradually to 15.00/100 000 in 2007;In the three National TB Epidemiological Surveys which was conducted in 1984—1985,1989 and 1999,this rate was 35.00/100 000,20.40/100 000 and 9.80/100 000 respectively;In Cause-of-death Surveys of China National Disease Surveillance Points System,this rate dropped from 6.18/100 000 in 2005 to 3.41/100 000 in 2008.For the respiratory TB mortality rate,the rate dropped by year from 5.89/100 000 in 2005 to 3.20/100 000 in 2008.For the pulmonary TB mortality rate,this rate was 31.00/100 000,19.10/100 000 and 8.80/100 000 respectively in the three National Tuberculosis Epidemiological Surveys.Conclusion Currently there is a multiple source of TB mortality data.In general the TB mortality showed a decreasing trend.

Key words: rculosis/mortality, China