[Tuberculosis morbidity in the USSR population and basic trends of its dynamics]. / Zabolevaemost' tuberkulezom naseleniia SSSR i osnovnye tendentsii ee dinamiki.

Data on tuberculosis morbidity covering the period 1950-1989 are presented: special features of tuberculosis epidemiology for the studied period are emphasized; grouping of the republics is given by tuberculosis morbidity rates and pattern; difficulties encountered in tuberculosis prevention and detection are discussed which can adversely affect the decline of tuberculosis mortality rates.