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Table 28. Deaths Prior to Tuberculosis Diagnosis or During Tuberculosis Therapy by Age Group: United States, 2011

Age Group Total Dead at Diagnosis Died During Therapy1
Total Deaths Reported Deaths Related to TB Disease or Therapy2 Total Dead at Diagnosis TB a Cause of Death TB Not a Cause of Death Unknown Total Died
During Therapy		 Related to TB3 Unrelated to
TB		 Unknown
No. No. (%) No. No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. No. (%) No. (%) No. (%)

Total

928

337

(36.3)

244

88

(36.1)

104

(42.6)

52

(21.3)

684

249

(36.4)

(307)

(44.9)

128

(18.7)

0–4

5

4

(80.0)

3

2

(66.7)

1

(33.3)

0

(0.0)

2

2

(100.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

5–14

1

1

(100.0)

1

1

(100.0)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

0

...

0

...

0

...

15–24

13

6

(46.2)

5

2

(40.0)

2

(40.0)

1

(20.0)

8

4

(50.0)

2

(25.0)

2

(25.0)

25–44

99

49

(49.5)

33

14

(42.4)

10

(30.3)

9

(27.3)

66

 35

(53.0)

23

(34.8)

8

(12.1)

45–64

298

103

(34.6)

76

26

(34.2)

34

(44.7)

16

(21.1)

222

77

(34.7)

104

(46.8)

41

(18.5)

≥65

512

174

(34.0)

126

43

(34.1)

57

(45.2)

26

(20.6)

386

131

(33.9)

178

(46.1)

77

(19.9)

1 Among patients alive at diagnosis. Excludes 16 patients who died during therapy but did not start on therapy or unknown whether or not therapy was started.

2 Includes patients who were dead at diagnosis or died during therapy, for which TB or TB therapy was indicated as a cause of death.

3 Six patient deaths during therapy were related to TB therapy.

Note: Ellipses indicate data not available.

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