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Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2019						Print
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Table 23. Tuberculosis Risk Factors1, by Origin and Race/Ethnicity: United States, 2019
See Surveillance Slide #44
Table 23. Tuberculosis Risk Factors, by Origin and Race/Ethnicity: United States, 2019
Total Eligible Cases2
Contact3
HIV Coinfection
Non-HIV Immuno-Suppression4
Diabetes Mellitus
Post-Organ Transplantation
TNF-α Inhibitors
Other
None
UnknownNo.
(%)
No.
(%)
No.
(%)
No.
(%)
No.
(%)
No.
(%)
No.
(%)
No.
(%)
No.
(%)**United States**
**8,905**
**731**
**(8.2)**
**198**
**(2.2)**
**731**
**(8.2)**
**1,837**
**(20.6)**
**65**
**(0.7)**
**88**
**(1.0)**
**1,773**
**(19.9)**
**4,408**
**(49.5)**
**154**
**(1.7)****U.S.-born**
**U.S.-born Total**
**2,541**
**445**
**(17.5)**
**66**
**(2.6)**
**221**
**(8.7)**
**366**
**(14.4)**
**15**
**(0.6)**
**26**
**(1.0)**
**569**
**(22.4)**
**1,133**
**(44.6)**
**38**
**(1.5)**American Indian/Alaska Native
80
26
(32.5)
1
(1.3)
6
(7.5)
10
(12.5)
0
(0.0)
1
(1.3)
13
(16.3)
38
(47.5)
1
(1.3)Asian
117
32
(27.4)
1
(0.9)
8
(6.8)
11
(9.4)
0
(0.0)
1
(0.9)
20
(17.1)
49
(41.9)
2
(1.7)Black/African American
912
161
(17.7)
34
(3.7)
83
(9.1)
146
(16.0)
9
(1.0)
1
(0.1)
235
(25.8)
386
(42.3)
9
(1.0)Hispanic/Latino5
616
121
(19.6)
10
(1.6)
31
(5.0)
90
(14.6)
2
(0.3)
6
(1.0)
97
(15.7)
307
(49.8)
11
(1.8)Multiple races6
20
3
(15.0)
2
(10.0)
3
(15.0)
3
(15.0)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
2
(10.0)
10
(50.0)
1
(5.0)Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander
25
13
(52.0)
0
(0.0)
1
(4.0)
4
(16.0)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
3
(12.0)
4
(16.0)
0
(0.0)White
759
87
(11.5)
18
(2.4)
89
(11.7)
102
(13.4)
4
(0.5)
17
(2.2)
198
(26.1)
332
(43.7)
12
(1.6)Unknown
12
2
(16.7)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
1
(8.3)
7
(58.3)
2
(16.7)**Non-U.S.–born**
**Non-U.S.–born Total**
**6,364**
**286**
**(4.5)**
**132**
**(2.1)**
**510**
**(8.0)**
**1,471**
**(23.1)**
**50**
**(0.8)**
**62**
**(1.0)**
**1,204**
**(18.9)**
**3,275**
**(51.5)**
**116**
**(1.8)**American Indian/Alaska Native
2
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
2
(100.0)
0
(0.0)Asian
3,030
106
(3.5)
65
(2.1)
286
(9.4)
770
(25.4)
33
(1.1)
35
(1.2)
647
(21.4)
1,444
(47.7)
61
(2.0)Black/African American
840
40
(4.8)
32
(3.8)
45
(5.4)
80
(9.5)
2
(0.2)
3
(0.4)
147
(17.5)
529
(63.0)
13
(1.5)Hispanic/Latino5
2,075
106
(5.1)
27
(1.3)
156
(7.5)
543
(26.2)
14
(0.7)
19
(0.9)
334
(16.1)
1,081
(52.1)
29
(1.4)Multiple races6
48
3
(6.3)
1
(2.1)
2
(4.2)
11
(22.9)
0
(0.0)
1
(2.1)
7
(14.6)
27
(56.3)
0
(0.0)Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander
80
17
(21.3)
2
(2.5)
4
(5.0)
24
(30.0)
1
(1.3)
0
(0.0)
8
(10.0)
34
(42.5)
2
(2.5)White
253
13
(5.1)
5
(2.0)
17
(6.7)
38
(15.0)
0
(0.0)
4
(1.6)
58
(22.9)
132
(52.2)
9
(3.6)Unknown
36
1
(2.8)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
5
(13.9)
0
(0.0)
0
(0.0)
3
(8.3)
26
(72.2)
2
(5.6)1Includes the number of risk factors reported (which may be more than one per case) and the number of cases with no information on additional risk factors. The sum of risk factors is greater than the total number of cases because more than one risk factor may be selected per case.2Excludes TB risk factor information for 11 cases with unknown origin.3Includes risk factor responses of MDR patient contact, missed contact, and infectious TB patient contact.4Includes risk factor responses of end-stage renal disease and non-HIV immunosuppression.5Persons of Hispanic/Latino origin may be of any or multiple race.6Indicated two or more races reported for a person, and does not include persons of Hispanic/Latino origin.
**Note:** Case counts for race categories (American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black/African American, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, and White) are mutually exclusive and do not include persons of Hispanic ethnicity or multiple race.Table Printing Tips
							
					
							Last Reviewed:  October 26, 2020						Source: 	Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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