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Table 16. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages Among Foreign-born Persons1 by the Top 30 Countries of Birth and Years in the United States Before TB Diagnosis: United States, 2013

Country of Origin2 No.Years in U.S.3
Total Cases < 1 Year 1 - 4 Years ≥ 5 Years Unknown
No. No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%)
Total

6193

949

(15)

994

(16)

3688

(60)

562

(9)

Mexico 1244 98 (9) 99 (8) 918 (74) 129 (10)
Philippines 783 83 (11) 99 (13) 529 (68) 72 (9)
India 495 101 (20) 106 (21) 243 (49) 45 (9)
Vietnam 456 44 (10) 63 (14) 285 (63) 64 (14)
China 377 58 (15) 44 (12) 244 (65) 31 (8)
Guatemala 213 39 (18) 42 (20) 120 (56) 12 (6)
Haiti 172 36 (21) 54 (31) 75 (44) 7 (4)
Ethiopia 157 43 (27) 56 (36) 55 (35) 3 (2)
Honduras 122 33 (27) 17 (14) 64 (52) 8 (7)
Myanmar 102 32 (31) 40 (39) 22 (22) 8 (8)
Korea, Republic of 101 8 (8) 3 (3) 80 (79) 10 (10)
El Salvador 97 11 (11) 13 (13) 66 (68) 7 (7)
Peru 90 13 (14) 15 (17) 57 (63) 5 (6)
Laos 88 2 (2) 3 (3) 71 (81) 12 (14)
Somalia 85 27 (32) 18 (21) 37 (44) 3 (4)
Ecuador 79 6 (8) 10 (13) 57 (72) 6 (8)
Pakistan 78 17 (22) 14 (18) 38 (49) 9 (12)
Nepal 73 21 (29) 29 (40) 21 (29) 2 (3)
Cambodia 72 4 (6) 6 (8) 54 (75) 8 (11)
Bangladesh 71 18 (25) 23 (32) 23 (32) 7 (10)
Nigeria 69 21 (30) 25 (36) 22 (32) 1 (1)
Dominican Republic 62 12 (19) 12 (19) 36 (58) 2 (3)
Bhutan 56 35 (63) 18 (32) 1 (2) 2 (4)
Kenya 48 12 (25) 13 (27) 21 (44) 2 (4)
Thailand 38 8 (21) 8 (21) 18 (47) 4 (11)
Colombia 37 5 (14) 3 (8) 29 (78) 0 (0)
Korea Dem People S. Republic 37 3 (8) 0 (0) 22 (59) 12 (32)
Indonesia 35 2 (6) 13 (37) 15 (43) 5 (14)
Congo 32 13 (41) 7 (22) 10 (31) 2 (6)
Liberia 29 9 (31) 3 (10) 13 (45) 4 (14)
All Others4 795 135 (17) 138 (17) 442 (56) 80 (10)

1 Includes persons born outside the United States, American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Midway Island, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the Republic of Palau, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and U.S. minor and outlying Pacific islands.

2 Ranked by total case count.

3 Among foreign-born persons, the number of years since arrival in the United States before diagnosis with tuberculosis.

4 Includes Not Specified for Country of Origin.

See Surveillance Slide #20.

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