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Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2020						Print
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Table 13. Deaths Among Reported Tuberculosis Cases: United States, 2010–2018
See Surveillance Slide #64.
Table 13. Deaths Among Reported Tuberculosis Cases: United States, 2010–2016
Year3
**Total**
**Dead at Diagnosis**
**Died after Diagnosis****Total Deaths Reported**
**Deaths Related to TB Disease or Therapy1**
**Total Dead at TB Diagnosis**
**TB a Cause of Death**
**TB not a Cause of Death**
**Cause of Death Unknown/Missing**
**Total Died During Therapy**
**Related to TB Therapy/Disease2**
**Unrelated to TB Therapy/Disease**
**Cause of Death Unknown/Missing****No.**
**No.**
**(%)**
**No.**
**No.**
**(%)**
**No.**
**(%)**
**No.**
**(%)**
**No.**
**No.**
**(%)**
**No.**
**(%)**
**No.**
**(%)**2010
914
320
(35.0)
245
79
(32.2)
123
(50.2)
43
(17.6)
669
241
(36.0)
309
(46.2)
119
(17.8)2011
945
349
(36.9)
241
89
(36.9)
102
(42.3)
50
(20.7)
704
260
(36.9)
317
(45.0)
127
(18.0)2012
834
277
(33.2)
212
65
(30.7)
98
(46.2)
49
(23.1)
622
212
(34.1)
296
(47.6)
114
(18.3)2013
811
280
(34.5)
212
64
(30.2)
110
(51.9)
38
(17.9)
599
216
(36.1)
278
(46.4)
105
(17.5)2014
769
283
(36.8)
193
61
(31.6)
99
(51.3)
33
(17.1)
576
222
(38.5)
242
(42.0)
112
(19.4)2015
793
274
(34.6)
207
63
(30.4)
102
(49.3)
42
(20.3)
586
211
(36.0)
261
(44.5)
114
(19.5)2016
831
316
(38.0)
206
71
(34.5)
96
(46.6)
39
(18.9)
625
245
(39.2)
254
(40.6)
126
(20.2)2017
787
250
(31.8)
165
48
(29.1)
81
(49.1)
36
(21.8)
622
202
(32.5)
282
(45.3)
138
(22.2)2018
801
281
(35.1)
197
65
(33.0)
87
(44.2)
45
(22.8)
604
216
(35.8)
267
(44.2)
121
(20.0)1Includes patients who were dead at diagnosis or died during therapy, for which TB or TB therapy was indicated as a cause of death.2Six patient deaths were related to TB therapy in 2018.3Year = year the count was counted, not the year the patient died.
Data complete to 2018.Table Printing Tips
							
					
							Last Reviewed:  October 25, 2021						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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