Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2013
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Table 27. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages by Reason Tuberculosis Therapy Stopped and Type of Move: United States, 2011
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 | 336 | 258 | (76.8) | 2 | (0.6) | 7 | (2.1) | 5 | (1.5) | 24 | (7.1) | 34 | (10.1) | 6 | (1.8) |
Moved out of state3 | 284 | 213 | (75.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 17 | (6.0) | 2 | (0.7) | 6 | (2.1) | 38 | (13.4) | 8 | (2.8) |
Moved out of country4 | 397 | 165 | (41.6) | 0 | (0.0) | 22 | (5.5) | 0 | (0.0) | 7 | (1.8) | 193 | (48.6) | 10 | (2.5) |
Did not move5 | 9,134 | 8,211 | (89.9) | 26 | (0.3) | 72 | (0.8) | 61 | (0.7) | 645 | (7.1) | 28 | (0.3) | 91 | (1.0) |
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 264 (66.7%) 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; some reporting jurisdictions may be classifying all patients who moved out of the country as ‘other’ for reason therapy stopped.
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