# Presentation: 702134

## Tuberculosis in the United States

**National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention**
**Centers for Disease Control and Prevention**

**Tuberculosis in the United States**

- National Surveillance System
- Highlights from 2000

## Reported TB CasesUnited States, 1980-2000

**Year**

## TB MorbidityUnited States, 1996-2000

** ****Year****	****	**** Cases****	****	**** Rate***

**1996****	****	****21,337****	****	****  8.0**
**1997****	****	****19,851****	****	****  7.4**
**1998****	****	****18,361****	****	****  6.8**
**1999****	****	****17,531****	****	****  6.4**
**2000****	****	****16,377****	****	****  5.8**

***Cases per 100,000**

## TB Case Rates, 2000

_**<**_** 3.5 (year 2000 target)**

**3.6 - 5.8**

**> 5.8 (national average)**

**D.C.**

- Rate: cases per 100,000

## Reported TB Cases by Age Group United States, 2000

**25-44 yrs**

**<15 yrs**

**15-24 yrs**

**45-64 yrs**

**65+ yrs**

## TB Case Rates by Age Group and Sex, United States, 2000

** ****Cases per 100,000**

## Reported TB Cases by Race/Ethnicity, 2000

**Hispanic**

**Black, non-Hispanic**

**Asian/Pacific**
**Islander**

**White, non-Hispanic**

**American Indian/**
**Alaskan Native**

## TB Case Rates by Age Group and Race/Ethnicity  United States, 2000

**American Indian/Alaskan Native**

**Asian/Pacific Islander**

**Black, non-Hispanic**

**Hispanic**

**White, non-Hispanic**

**Cases per 100,000**

## Number of TB Cases inUS-born vs. Foreign-born Persons  United States, 1992-2000

**No. of Cases**

## Percentage of TB CasesAmong Foreign-born Persons

_**>**_**50%**

**25%-49%**

**<25%**

**1992**

**2000**

## Countries of Birth for Foreign-born Persons Reported with TB United States, 2000

**Mexico**

**Philippines**

**Vietnam**

**India**

**China**

**Haiti**

**S. Korea**

**Other**
**Countries**

## TB Case Rates in US-born vs. Foreign-born Persons  United States, 1992-2000	

**TB Case Rates in ****US-born vs. Foreign-born Persons  ****United States, 1992-2000****	**

## Length of US Residence Prior to TB Diagnosis, United States, 2000

## Primary Anti-TB Drug Resistance  United States, 1993-2000

- Note: Based on initial isolates from persons with no prior history of TB.
- MDR TB defined as resistance to at least isoniazid and rifampin.

**Primary Anti-TB Drug Resistance  ****United States, 1993-2000**

## Primary MDR TB inUS-born vs. Foreign-born Persons   United States, 1993-2000

- Note: Based on initial isolates from persons with no prior history of TB.
- MDR TB defined as resistance to at least isoniazid and rifampin.

**Primary MDR TB in****US-born vs. Foreign-born Persons   ****United States, 1993-2000**

## Estimated HIV Coinfection in Persons Reported with TBUnited States, 1993-1999

- Note: Minimum estimates based on reported HIV-positive status
- among all TB cases in the age group.

**Estimated HIV Coinfection in Persons Reported with TB****United States, 1993-1999**

## Mode of Treatment Administration in Persons Reported with TB United States, 1993-1998

- Directly observed therapy (DOT); Self-administered therapy (SA)

## Completion of TB Therapy United States, 1993-1998

- Note: Persons with initial isolate resistant to rifampin and children under 15 years old with meningeal, bone or joint, or miliary disease excluded.

**Percentage**