Tuberculosis in Brazil: one country, multiple realities.

Objective: To identify the determinants of tuberculosis-related variables in the various regions of Brazil and evaluate trends in those variables over the ten-year period preceding the end of the timeframe defined for the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Methods: This was an ecological analytical study in which we utilized eight national public databases to investigate the 716,971 new tuberculosis cases reported between 2006 and 2015.

Results: Over the study period, there were slight reductions in the prevalence, incidence, and mortality associated with tuberculosis.