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Table 1. Tuberculosis Cases, Case Rates per 100,000 Population, Deaths, and Death Rates per 100,000 Population, and Percent Change: United States, 1953–2017
Icon - The percentage of TB cases that are drug resistant has remained stable for the last 20 years.
Table 2. Tuberculosis Cases, Percentages, and Case Rates per 100,000 Population by Hispanic Ethnicity and Non-Hispanic Race: United States, 1993–2017
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Table 5. Tuberculosis Cases, Percentages, and Case Rates per 100,000 Population by Origin of Birth: United States, 1993–2017
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Table 9. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages, by Multidrug Resistance (MDR), Origin of Birth, and Previous History of TB: United States, 1993–2017
Icon - Completion of TB Treatment
Table 30. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages, by Age Group: Reporting Areas, 2017Surveillance Report – 2017Full Report pdf icon[PDF – 17 MB]
Preface
Executive Commentary
Technical NotesOpen All Close AllMorbidity Trend TablesTable 1. Tuberculosis Cases, Case Rates per 100,000 Population, Deaths, and Death Rates per 100,000 Population, and Percent Change: United States, 1953–2017
Table 2. Tuberculosis Cases, Percentages, and Case Rates per 100,000 Population by Hispanic Ethnicity and Non-Hispanic Race: United States, 1993–2017
Table 3. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages by Hispanic Ethnicity and Non-Hispanic Race, and by Origin of Birth: United States, 1993–2017
Table 4. Tuberculosis Cases, Percentages, and Case Rates per 100,000 Population by Age Group: United States, 1993–2017
Table 5. Tuberculosis Cases, Percentages, and Case Rates per 100,000 Population by Origin of Birth: United States, 1993–2017
Table 6. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages among Non-U.S.–Born Persons by the Top 30 Countries of Birth: United States, 2013–2017
Table 7. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages by Case Verification Criterion and Site of Disease: United States, 1993–2017
Table 8. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages, by Resistance to Isoniazid (INH), Origin of Birth, and Previous History of TB: United States, 1993–2017
Table 9. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages, by Multidrug Resistance (MDR), Origin of Birth, and Previous History of TB: United States, 1993–2017
Table 10. Percentages of Tuberculosis Cases, by Initial Drug Regimen, Use of Directly Observed Therapy (DOT), and Completion of Therapy (COT): United States, 1993–2017
Table 11. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages among Persons with HIV Test Results and with HIV Coinfection, by Age Group: United States, 1993–2017
Table 12. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages, by Reason Tuberculosis Therapy Was Stopped: United States, 1993–2015
Table 13. Deaths among Reported Tuberculosis Cases: United States, 2010–2015
Table 14. Sputum Culture Conversion: United States, 2010–2015
Table 15. Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages by Site of Disease: United States, 2010–2017
Table 16. National Tuberculosis Genotyping Surveillance Coverage: United States, 2004–2017
Table 17. National Tuberculosis Genotyping Surveillance Coverage: United States-Affiliated Areas, 2004–2017
Table 18. Genotyped Tuberculosis Cases with Mycobacterium bovis by Origin of Birth: United States, 2004–2017Morbidity Tables, 2017Table 19. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages among Non-U.S.–Born Persons, by the Top 30 Countries of Birth and Years in the United States before TB Diagnosis: United States, 2017
Table 20.  Tuberculosis Cases and Rates per 100,000 Population, by Hispanic Ethnicity and Non-Hispanic Race, Sex, and Age Group: United States, 2017
Table 21.  Tuberculosis Cases among U.S.-Born Persons, by Hispanic Ethnicity and Non-Hispanic Race, Sex, and Age Group: United States, 2017
Table 22. Tuberculosis Cases among Non-U.S.–Born Persons, by Hispanic Ethnicity and Non-Hispanic Race, Sex, and Age Group: United States, 2017
Table 23. Tuberculosis Risk Factors, by Origin and Race/Ethnicity: United States, 2017
Table 24. Characteristics of Tuberculosis Cases in GENType Clusters, by Alert Levels Based on Log-Likelihood Ratios (LLR): United States, 2015–2017
Table 25. Tuberculosis Cases and Clusters, by Cluster Size: United States, 2015–2017
Table 26.  Twenty-Five Most Frequently Reported GENTypes among Genotyped Tuberculosis Cases: United States, 2015–2017
Table 27. Five Most Frequently Reported GENTypes Among Genotyped Tuberculosis Cases: United States-Affiliated Areas, 2015–2017Morbidity Tables, Reporting Areas, 2017Table 28. Tuberculosis Cases and Case Rates per 100,000 Population: Reporting Areas, 2017 and 2016
Table 29. Tuberculosis Cases and Case Rates per 100,000 Population, Ranked and Grouped by Number of Cases: United States and the District of Columbia, 2017 and 2016
Table 30. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages, by Age Group: Reporting Areas, 2017
Table 31. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages by Hispanic Ethnicity and Non-Hispanic Race: Reporting Areas, 2017
Table 32. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages, U.S.-Born and Non-U.S.–Born Persons: Reporting Areas, 2017
Table 33. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages among Non-U.S.–Born Persons, by Number of Years in the United States: Reporting Areas, 2017
Table 34. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages, by Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Disease: Reporting Areas, 2017
Table 35. Tuberculosis Risk Factors: Reporting Areas, 2017
Table 36. Primary Reason for Tuberculosis Evaluation: Reporting Areas, 2017
Table 37. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages, by Residence in and Type of Correctional Facilities, Ages ≥15 Years: Reporting Areas, 2017
Table 38. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages, by Homeless Status, Ages ≥15 Years: Reporting Areas, 2017
Table 39. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages, by Residence in Long–Term Care Facilities, Ages ≥15 Years: Reporting Areas, 2017
Table 40. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages, by Injecting Drug Use, Ages ≥15 Years: Reporting Areas, 2017
Table 41. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages, by Noninjecting Drug Use, Ages ≥15 Years: Reporting Areas, 2017
Table 42. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages, by Excess Alcohol Use, Ages ≥15 Years: Reporting Areas, 2017
Table 43. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages by Primary Occupation, Ages ≥15 Years: Reporting Areas, 2017
Table 44. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages, by Initial Drug Regimen: Reporting Areas, 2017
Table 45. Culture-Positive Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages with Drug Susceptibility Results, by Resistance to Isoniazid or Multidrug Resistance: Reporting Areas, 2017
Table 46. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages, by HIV Status: Reporting Areas, 2017
Table 47. Tuberculosis Genotyping Surveillance Coverage: Reporting Areas, 2017Morbidity Tables, Reporting Areas, 2015Table 48. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages, by Directly Observed Therapy (DOT): Reporting Areas, 2015
Table 49. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages, by Reason Therapy Was Stopped: Reporting Areas, 2015
Table 50. Reason Therapy Was Extended Beyond 12 Months: Reporting Areas, 2015
Table 51.Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages, by Completion of Tuberculosis Therapy (COT): Reporting Areas, 2015
Table 52. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages among Persons Completing Therapy for Whom Therapy Was Indicated for ≤1 Year: Reporting Areas, 2011–2015Morbidity Tables, Metropolitan Statistical Areas, 2017Table 53. Tuberculosis Cases and Case Rates per 100,000 Population: Metropolitan Statistical Areas with ≥500,000 Population, 2017 and 2016
Table 54. Tuberculosis Cases, by Age Group: Metropolitan Statistical Areas with ≥500,000 Population, 2017
Table 55. Tuberculosis Cases, by Hispanic Ethnicity and Non-Hispanic Race: Metropolitan Statistical Areas with ≥500,000 Population, 2017
Table 56.Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages, U.S.-Born Persons and Non-U.S.–Born Persons: Metropolitan Statistical Areas with ≥500,000 Population, 2017Estimates Of Recent Transmission, 2016–2017Estimates Of Recent Transmission
**Figures**
Figure 1. Estimated Cases Attributed to Recent Transmission of Tuberculosis, United States, 2016–2017
Figure 2. Estimated Percentage of Extensive Recent Transmission of Tuberculosis in Counties with ≥10 Genotyped Cases, United States, 2016–2017**Tables**
Table 57. Counts and Percentages of Tuberculosis Cases Estimated to be Attributed to Overall and Extensive Recent Transmission: Reporting Areas, 2016–2017
Table 58. Counts and Percentages of Tuberculosis Cases Estimated to be Attributed to Overall and Extensive Recent Transmission: Counties with >5 Percent Estimated Extensive Recent Transmission, 2016-2017
Table 59. Characteristics of Tuberculosis Cases Estimated to be Attributed to Overall and Extensive Recent Transmission: United States, 2016–2017AppendixesAppendix A: Tuberculosis Case Definition for Public Health Surveillance
Appendix B: Recommendations for Reporting and Counting Tuberculosis Cases
Appendix C: National Surveillance for Severe Adverse Events Associated with Treatment for Latent Tuberculosis Infection — Reporting information
Appendix D: Genotyping Background Information and GlossarySurveillance Slide Set, 2017Surveillance Slide Set, 2017 ppt icon[PPT – 2 MB]
2017 Surveillance Slides
Slide Narratives pdf icon[PDF – 647 KB]
							
					
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