Victorian lung disease could be killing Britons without warning as cases hit decade high

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A landmark study published in the BMJ has revealed that 574 individuals in England received a tuberculosis diagnosis only after they had already died, spanning the decade from 2010 to 2020.While this figure constituted a relatively small proportion — just 0.8 per cent — of all TB diagnoses during that period, it represented a far more alarming share of fatalities.

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Close to one in five deaths recorded among TB patients involved cases where the disease had gone entirely undetected during the person's lifetime.The researchers described this pattern as "the ultimate diagnostic delay," with the findings equating to roughly one such death every week over the 10-year period.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The study has raised fresh concerns that post-mortem TB diagnoses remain disturbingly common in England.These findings arrive amid a worrying upward trend in tuberculosis across England.

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According to the most recent UK Health Security Agency data, the country recorded a rate of 9.4 cases...

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