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Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2013

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Table 6. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages Among Foreign-born Persons1 by the Top 30 Countries2 of Birth: United States, 2009–2013

Country of Origin Year
2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%)
Total Cases 6193 (100) 6274 (100) 6522 (100) 6773 (100) 6956 (100)
Mexico 1,244 (20) 1,312 (21) 1,444 (22) 1,542 (23) 1,593 (23)
Philippines 783 (13) 772 (12) 756 (12) 757 (11) 806 (12)
India 495 (8) 531 (8) 511 (9) 585 (9) 540 (8)
Viet Nam 456 (7) 454 (7) 550 (8) 542 (8) 529 (8)
China 377 (6) 353 (6) 378 (6) 370 (5) 344 (5)
Guatemala 213 (3) 194 (3) 172 (3) 198 (3) 214 (3)
Haiti 172 (3) 197 (3) 189 (3) 195 (3) 207 (3)
Ethiopia 157 (3) 162 (3) 154 (2) 162 (2) 171 (2)
Honduras 122 (2) 125 (2) 129 (2) 143 (2) 150 (2)
Myanmar 102 (2) 116 (2) 92 (1) 116 (2) 104 (2)
Korea, Republic of 101 (2) 109 (2) 131 (2) 120 (2) 155 (2)
El Salvador 97 (3) 116 (2) 103 (2) 116 (2) 118 (2)
Somalia 85 (1) 100 (1) 116 (2) 124 (2) 113 (1)
Peru 90 (1) 79 (1) 93 (2) 111 (1) 94 (2)
Cambodia 72 (1) 78 (1) 91 (1) 70 (1) 99 (2)
Ecuador 79 (1) 65 (1) 79 (1) 84 (1) 99 (1)
Pakistan 78 (1) 68 (1) 87 (1) 74 (1) 84 (1)
Nepal 73 (1) 81 (1) 77 (1) 64 (1) 74 (1)
Dominican Republic 62 (1) 74 (1) 75 (1) 85 (1) 71 (1)
Laos 88 (1) 64 (1) 62 (1) 70 (1) 60 (1)
Kenya 48 (1) 58 (1) 75 (1) 63 (1) 73 (1)
Bangladesh 54 (1) 66 (1) 58 (1) 44 (1) 55 (1)
Nigeria 69 (1) 58 (1) 52 (1) 43 (1) 46 (1)
Bhutan 56 (1) 58 (1) 39 (1) 37 (1) 33 (1)
Thailand 38 (1) 33 (0) 37 (1) 47 (0) 57 (1)
Indonesia 35 (1) 41 (1) 32 (0) 58 (1) 34 (0)
Colombia 37 (1) 25 (1) 32 (1) 43 (0) 40 (1)
Korea, Dem. Peoples Republic 37 (1) 47 (1) 38 (1) 35 (1) 16 (0)
Cuba 25 (0) 30 (1) 40 (0) 33 (1) 36 (1)
Liberia 29 (0) 33 (1) 28 (0) 36 (1) 33 (0)
All Others3 802 (12) 787 (13) 794 (12) 792 (12) 919 (13)


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 The top 30 countries were selected based on their ranked 5-year average number of TB cases.

3 Includes Not Specified for Country of Origin.

Note: Zero (0) denotes <0.5%.

Data for all years updated through June 11, 2014.

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