Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2015
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Table 5. Tuberculosis Cases, Percentages, and Case Rates per 100,000 Population by Origin of Birth: United States, 1993–2015
| Year | Total Cases | U.S.-born Persons | Foreign-born Persons1 | Unknown or Missing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | (%) | Rate | No. | (%) | Rate | No. | (%) | ||
| 1993 | 25,102 | 17,435 | (69.5) | 7.4 | 7,401 | (29.5) | 34.0 | 266 | (1.1) |
| 1994 | 24,206 | 16,191 | (66.9) | 6.8 | 7,751 | (32.0) | 36.0 | 264 | (1.1) |
| 1995 | 22,726 | 14,675 | (64.6) | 6.1 | 7,998 | (35.2) | 38.0 | 53 | (0.2) |
| 1996 | 21,210 | 13,398 | (63.2) | 5.6 | 7,739 | (36.5) | 32.0 | 73 | (0.3) |
| 1997 | 19,751 | 11,935 | (60.4) | 4.9 | 7,742 | (39.2) | 30.8 | 74 | (0.4) |
| 1998 | 18,286 | 10,633 | (58.1) | 4.4 | 7,599 | (41.6) | 28.8 | 54 | (0.3) |
| 1999 | 17,499 | 9,805 | (56.0) | 4.0 | 7,602 | (43.4) | 28.1 | 92 | (0.5) |
| 2000 | 16,308 | 8,647 | (53.0) | 3.5 | 7,619 | (46.7) | 26.4 | 42 | (0.3) |
| 2001 | 15,945 | 7,872 | (49.4) | 3.2 | 8,010 | (50.2) | 27.6 | 63 | (0.4) |
| 2002 | 15,055 | 7,282 | (48.4) | 2.9 | 7,718 | (51.3) | 25.5 | 55 | (0.4) |
| 2003 | 14,835 | 6,861 | (46.2) | 2.7 | 7,928 | (53.4) | 23.8 | 46 | (0.3) |
| 2004 | 14,499 | 6,632 | (45.7) | 2.6 | 7,844 | (54.1) | 23.1 | 23 | (0.2) |
| 2005 | 14,060 | 6,305 | (44.8) | 2.5 | 7,724 | (54.9) | 22.2 | 31 | (0.2) |
| 2006 | 13,728 | 5,889 | (42.9) | 2.3 | 7,815 | (56.9) | 21.6 | 24 | (0.2) |
| 2007 | 13,282 | 5,481 | (41.3) | 2.1 | 7,731 | (58.2) | 20.8 | 70 | (0.5) |
| 2008 | 12,893 | 5,282 | (41.0) | 2.0 | 7,602 | (59.0) | 20.1 | 9 | (0.1) |
| 2009 | 11,520 | 4,544 | (39.4) | 1.7 | 6,959 | (60.4) | 18.7 | 17 | (0.1) |
| 2010 | 11,159 | 4,372 | (39.2) | 1.6 | 6,778 | (60.7) | 17.7 | 9 | (0.1) |
| 2011 | 10,510 | 3,973 | (37.8) | 1.5 | 6,531 | (62.1) | 17.0 | 6 | (0.1) |
| 2012 | 9,942 | 3,661 | (36.8) | 1.4 | 6,277 | (63.1) | 15.9 | 4 | (0) |
| 2013 | 9,550 | 3,355 | (35.1) | 1.2 | 6,186 | (64.8) | 15.6 | 9 | (0.1) |
| 2014 | 9,406 | 3,177 | (33.8) | 1.2 | 6,223 | (66.2) | 15.4 | 6 | (0.1) |
| 2015 | 9,557 | 3,186 | (33.3) | 1.2 | 6,350 | (66.4) | 15.1 | 21 | (0.2) |
1Includes persons born outside the United States (including the U.S. insular areas) and the sovereign freely associated states (the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau).
Note: Denominators for computing rates for years 1993–1994 were obtained from Quarterly Estimates of the United States Foreign-born and Native Resident Populations: April 1, 1990–July 1, 1999 (http://www.census.gov/population/estimates/nation/nativity/fbtab001.txt); accessed June, 2016. Denominators for computing the 1994–2015 rates are based on the U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey via Data Ferrett (http://dataferrett.census.gov/); accessed June, 2016.
Data for all years updated through June 9, 2016.
Zero % (0) denotes <0.05%.
See Surveillance Slides #13, #14, #17 and #18.
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