Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2012
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Table 27. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages by Reason Tuberculosis Therapy Stopped and Type of Move: United States, 2010
Type of Move | Total Cases | Completed Therapy | Adverse Event | Lost | Refused | Died | Other1 | Unknown | |||||||
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No. | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | |
Moved in state2 | 331 | 265 | (80.1) | 1 | (0.3) | 14 | (4.2) | 1 | (0.3) | 17 | (5.1) | 26 | (7.9) | 7 | (2.1) |
Moved out of state3 | 305 | 228 | (74.8) | 1 | (0.3) | 23 | (7.5) | 1 | (0.3) | 7 | (2.3) | 35 | (11.5) | 10 | (3.3) |
Moved out of country4 | 436 | 163 | (37.4) | 0 | (0.0) | 47 | (10.8) | 7 | (1.6) | 6 | (1.4) | 199 | (45.6) | 11 | (2.5) |
Did not move5 | 9,692 | 8,780 | (90.6) | 27 | (0.3) | 83 | (0.9) | 56 | (0.6) | 609 | (6.3) | 27 | (0.3) | 108 | (1.1) |
1 Therapy was discontinued for a known reason other than those listed (e.g. patient moved outside the U.S., or patient moved from state A to state B, and though state A notified state B, state B never followed up).
2 Includes patients who were alive at diagnosis, started on treatment, and moved in state.
3 Includes patients who were alive at diagnosis, started on treatment, and moved out of state.
4 Includes patients who were alive at diagnosis, started on treatment, and moved out of the country; transnational referrals were provided for 262 (51.8%) TB patients who moved out of the country.
5 Includes patients who were alive at diagnosis, started on treatment, and did not indicate having moved.
Note: There may be differences in the way jurisdictions determine treatment completion for patients who moved out of the country;
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