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Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2018						Print
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Table 6B. Tuberculosis Rates per 100,000 Population by Country of Birth in the United States by the Top 10 Countries of Birth1: United States, 2014–2018
See Surveillance Slide #10
Table 6B. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages Among Non-U.S.–Born Persons by the Top 30 Countries of Birth: United States, 2014–2018
Country of Birth
Average Annual
Number of Cases
Population Estimate2
U.S. Rate by Country of BirthMarshall Islands
37.0
23,070
160.4Congo
38.8
24,745
156.8Somalia
93.4
92,988
100.4Bhutan
48.0
52,861
90.8Myanmar
116.2
138,071
84.2Guinea
12.4
15,254
81.3Nepal
88.8
124,316
71.4Fed. States of Micronesia
19.2
28,378
67.7Ethiopia
148.6
235,041
63.2*Eastern Africa*3
20.0
38,442
52.0*Other Africa*4
14.8
28,647
51.7Sierra Leone
20.6
40,551
50.8Show More1The top 10 countries were selected based on their ranked 5-year rate of TB cases by country of birth in the United States. This list of top countries also includes the regions of Eastern Africa and Other Africa.2Population Estimates were obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) data, 2013–2017 multiyear file: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/data/pums.html. At the time of this report, the 2014–2018 had not been published yet. Population estimates of persons from countries with <10,000 persons living in the United States are grouped within Regions.3The Eastern Africa region consists of British Indian Ocean Territory, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan De Nova Island, Madagascar, Malawi, Mayotte, Mozambique, Reunion, Rwanda, Mauritius, Seychelles, Tromelin Island, and South Sudan. Rwanda and South Sudan were removed from the Eastern Africa region in 2017.4The Other Africa region consists of Angola, Botswana, Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Lesotho, Namibia, Sao Tome & Principe, and Swaziland.
**Note:** Data for all years updated through June 6, 2019.Table Printing Tips
							
					
							Last Reviewed:  September 6, 2019						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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