The death rate from tuberculosis has decreased on 20,4 % in Tatarstan in 2016. It was able to attain the decrease of tuberculosis case rate on 6,6 % in 2016. Such data were told today at press conference in "Tatmedia" dedicated to World Tuberculosis Day. Head physician of Republican Clinical Antituberculous Dispensary Alexey Alekseev and deputy head physician of dispensary of Ramzia Fatykhova have responded to questions of journalists.