Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2012
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Table 21. Tuberculosis Risk Factors1 by Origin and Race/Ethnicity: United States, 2012
| Total Eligible Cases2 |
MDR Patient Contact | Missed Contact | Infectious TB Patient Contact | Incomplete LTBI therapy |
TNF-Alpha Therapy | Post-organ Transplantation | Diabetes Mellitus |
Renal Disease |
Immunosuppression | Other | None | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | |||
United States |
9933 |
15 |
(0.2) |
45 |
(0.5) |
749 |
(7.5) |
262 |
(2.6) |
52 |
(0.5) |
46 |
(0.5) |
1441 |
(14.5) |
222 |
(2.2) |
416 |
(4.2) |
2203 |
(22.2) |
4947 |
(49.8) |
367 |
(3.7) |
|
| U.S. Born | U.S.-born Total |
3659 |
8 |
(0.2) |
33 |
(0.9) |
501 |
(13.7) |
132 |
(3.6) |
18 |
(0.5) |
20 |
(0.5) |
468 |
(12.8) |
87 |
(2.4) |
195 |
(5.3) |
887 |
(24.2) |
1571 |
(42.9) |
137 |
(3.7) |
American Indian/Alaska Native |
144 |
0 |
(0.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
36 |
(25.0) |
9 |
(6.3) |
0 |
(0.0) |
1 |
(0.7) |
26 |
(18.1) |
8 |
(5.6) |
1 |
(0.7) |
18 |
(12.5) |
60 |
(41.7) |
3 |
(2.1) |
|
Asian |
118 |
2 |
(1.7) |
0 |
(0.0) |
35 |
(29.7) |
4 |
(3.4) |
0 |
(0.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
10 |
(8.5) |
0 |
(0.0) |
3 |
(2.5) |
21 |
(17.8) |
51 |
(43.2) |
0 |
(0.0) |
|
Black/African American |
1340 |
2 |
(0.1) |
21 |
(1.6) |
191 |
(14.3) |
59 |
(4.4) |
2 |
(0.1) |
4 |
(0.3) |
165 |
(12.3) |
32 |
(2.4) |
73 |
(5.4) |
326 |
(24.3) |
572 |
(42.7) |
57 |
(4.3) |
|
Hispanic3 |
691 |
2 |
(0.3) |
2 |
(0.3) |
112 |
(16.2) |
17 |
(2.5) |
2 |
(0.3) |
1 |
(0.1) |
117 |
(16.9) |
16 |
(2.3) |
16 |
(2.3) |
168 |
(24.3) |
312 |
(45.2) |
10 |
(1.4) |
|
Multiple Race4 |
28 |
0 |
(0.0) |
1 |
(3.6) |
7 |
(25.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
3 |
(10.7) |
0 |
(0.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
9 |
(32.1) |
7 |
(25.0) |
1 |
(3.6) |
|
Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander |
51 |
1 |
(2.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
8 |
(15.7) |
2 |
(3.9) |
0 |
(0.0) |
1 |
(2.0) |
16 |
(31.4) |
5 |
(9.8) |
2 |
(3.9) |
6 |
(11.8) |
17 |
(33.3) |
1 |
(2.0) |
|
White |
1276 |
1 |
(0.1) |
9 |
(0.7) |
110 |
(8.6) |
41 |
(3.2) |
14 |
(1.1) |
13 |
(1.0) |
131 |
(10.3) |
26 |
(2.0) |
99 |
(7.8) |
338 |
(26.5) |
549 |
(43.0) |
61 |
(4.8) |
|
Unknown |
11 |
0 |
(0.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
2 |
(18.2) |
0 |
(0.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
1 |
(9.1) |
1 |
(9.1) |
3 |
(27.3) |
4 |
(36.4) |
|
| Foreign-born | Foreign-born Total |
6274 |
7 |
(0.1) |
12 |
(0.2) |
248 |
(4.0) |
130 |
(2.1) |
34 |
(0.5) |
26 |
(0.4) |
973 |
(15.5) |
135 |
(2.2) |
221 |
(3.5) |
1316 |
(21.0) |
3376 |
(53.8) |
230 |
(3.7) |
American Indian/Alaska Native |
1 |
0 |
(0.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
1 |
(100.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
|
Asian |
2835 |
3 |
(0.1) |
4 |
(0.1) |
97 |
(3.4) |
59 |
(2.1) |
21 |
(0.7) |
16 |
(0.6) |
488 |
(17.2) |
79 |
(2.8) |
122 |
(4.3) |
613 |
(21.6) |
1457 |
(51.4) |
106 |
(3.7) |
|
Black/African American |
894 |
1 |
(0.1) |
4 |
(0.4) |
47 |
(5.3) |
22 |
(2.5) |
0 |
(0.0) |
2 |
(0.2) |
67 |
(7.5) |
5 |
(0.6) |
25 |
(2.8) |
162 |
(18.1) |
555 |
(62.1) |
37 |
(4.1) |
|
Hispanic3 |
2095 |
3 |
(0.1) |
4 |
(0.2) |
93 |
(4.4) |
44 |
(2.1) |
10 |
(0.5) |
6 |
(0.3) |
364 |
(17.4) |
45 |
(2.1) |
50 |
(2.4) |
440 |
(21.0) |
1123 |
(53.6) |
64 |
(3.1) |
|
Multiple Race4 |
120 |
0 |
(0.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
1 |
(0.8) |
1 |
(0.8) |
0 |
(0.0) |
1 |
(0.8) |
15 |
(12.5) |
1 |
(0.8) |
7 |
(5.8) |
26 |
(21.7) |
68 |
(56.7) |
4 |
(3.3) |
|
Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander |
13 |
0 |
(0.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
3 |
(23.1) |
1 |
(7.7) |
0 |
(0.0) |
2 |
(15.4) |
7 |
(53.8) |
2 |
(15.4) |
|
White |
295 |
0 |
(0.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
10 |
(3.4) |
4 |
(1.4) |
3 |
(1.0) |
1 |
(0.3) |
34 |
(11.5) |
2 |
(0.7) |
16 |
(5.4) |
70 |
(23.7) |
153 |
(51.9) |
13 |
(4.4) |
|
Unknown |
21 |
0 |
(0.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
0 |
(0.0) |
2 |
(9.5) |
2 |
(9.5) |
1 |
(4.8) |
3 |
(14.3) |
12 |
(57.1) |
4 |
(19.0) |
|
1 Includes the number of risk factors reported (which may be more than one per case) and the number of cases with no information on additional risk factors. The sum of risk factors is greater than the total number of cases because more than one risk factor may be selected per case.
2 Excludes TB risk factor information for 12 cases with unknown origin
3 Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race or multiple race.
4 Indicates two or more races reported for a person.
Note: Case counts for race categories (American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and White) are mutually exclusive and do not include persons of Hispanic ethnicity or multiple race. Multiple Race does not include persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
- Page last reviewed: September 16, 2013
- Page last updated: September 16, 2013
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