Abstract: Objective To evaluate the effect of the implementation of the provincial TB control program (1991—2000) and the World Bank Loaned TB control project (1992-2000) as well as to determine the epidemiology situation of TB in the province.Methods The multi stratified grouping random sampling method and the proportional sampling was used.Results The prevalence of active,smear positive,bacteriological positive pulmonary TB and the TB mortality were 130.8/100000,56.3/100 000, 66.3/ 100 000 and 2.9/100000 respectively.48.1% of the patients had received certain kind of health education about TB.The smear positive patients who had not received the supervised chemotherapy occupied 31.2%.Conclusions The prevalence rate of active pulmonary TB and the mortality declined significantly.The prevalence rate of smear positive and bacteriological positive pulmonary TB decreased,but it declined slowly.The health education about TB and the supervised chemotherapy on TB patients must be strengthened further.

Key words: Pulmonary tuberculosis/prevention and control, Liaoning province