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Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2014

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Table 9. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages, by Multidrug Resistance1, Origin of Birth, and Previous History of TB: United States, 1993–2014

Year All MDR2 Multidrug Resistant TB Cases
Total MDR3 U.S.-born MDR3 Foreign-born3,4 MDR
Previous TB No Previous TB Previous TB No Previous TB Previous TB No Previous TB
Eligible No. (%) Eligible No. (%) Eligible No. (%) Eligible No. (%) Eligible No. (%) Eligible No. (%)
1993 484 982 76 (7.7) 16600 407 (2.5) 668 30 (4.5) 11809 301 (2.5) 301 46 (15.3) 4663 103 (2.2)
1994 431 1033 74 (7.2) 16417 353 (2.2) 693 35 (5.1) 11019 238 (2.2) 336 38 (11.3) 5281 110 (2.1)
1995 327 958 70 (7.3) 16021 254 (1.6) 593 28 (4.7) 10350 169 (1.6) 363 42 (11.6) 5640 85 (1.5)
1996 250 862 43 (5.0) 15358 207 (1.3) 559 21 (3.8) 9646 105 (1.1) 303 22 (7.3) 5665 101 (1.8)
1997 201 742 44 (5.9) 14448 155 (1.1) 455 12 (2.6) 8705 76 (0.9) 286 32 (11.2) 5698 79 (1.4)
1998 155 749 23 (3.1) 13418 132 (1.0) 485 6 (1.2) 7711 55 (0.7) 262 17 (6.5) 5674 76 (1.3)
1999 157 669 28 (4.2) 12655 127 (1.0) 383 6 (1.6) 7020 39 (0.6) 283 22 (7.8) 5583 88 (1.6)
2000 146 632 26 (4.1) 11825 120 (1.0) 360 2 (0.6) 6144 40 (0.7) 272 24 (8.8) 5652 80 (1.4)
2001 151 629 33 (5.2) 11510 115 (1.0) 324 7 (2.2) 5583 34 (0.6) 302 26 (8.6) 5891 81 (1.4)
2002 158 569 26 (4.6) 10813 132 (1.2) 303 3 (1.0) 5069 35 (0.7) 264 23 (8.7) 5703 97 (1.7)
2003 119 524 21 (4.0) 10751 94 (0.9) 253 2 (0.8) 4864 24 (0.5) 271 19 (7.0) 5858 70 (1.2)
2004 128 537 27 (5.0) 10481 100 (1.0) 274 4 (1.5) 4698 26 (0.6) 263 23 (8.7) 5773 74 (1.3)
2005 125 507 23 (4.5) 10064 98 (1.0) 240 2 (0.8) 4412 20 (0.5) 267 21 (7.9) 5635 77 (1.4)
2006 124 493 20 (4.1) 9906 103 (1.0) 203 1 (0.5) 4145 19 (0.5) 289 19 (6.6) 5745 84 (1.5)
2007 124 496 19 (3.8) 9647 101 (1.0) 206 3 (1.5) 3878 19 (0.5) 288 16 (5.6) 5716 82 (1.4)
2008 107 429 19 (4.4) 9305 88 (0.9) 170 3 (1.8) 3677 21 (0.6) 259 16 (6.2) 5622 67 (1.2)
2009 114 341 19 (5.6) 7741 89 (1.1) 116 1 (0.9) 3041 11 (0.4) 224 18 (8.0) 4691 78 (1.7)
2010 105 359 16 (4.5) 7814 87 (1.1) 128 2 (1.6) 2970 14 (0.5) 231 14 (6.1) 4836 73 (1.5)
2011 127 345 27 (7.8) 7546 100 (1.3) 137 1 (0.7) 2719 16 (0.6) 208 26 (12.5) 4824 84 (1.7)
2012 87 356 13 (3.7) 7070 74 (1.0) 126 0 (0.0) 2535 11 (0.4) 230 13 (5.7) 4533 63 (1.4)
2013 96 298 12 (4.0) 6832 83 (1.2) 97 2 (2.1) 2297 7 (0.3) 201 10 (5.0) 4529 76 (1.7)
2014 91 322 23 (7.1) 6556 67 (1.0) 91 0 (0.0) 2154 10 (0.5) 231 23 (10.0) 4394 57 (1.3)


1 Resistance to at least isoniazid and rifampin. Isolates may be resistant to other drugs. Cases are culture positive with initial drug susceptibility testing done. Excludes cases with susceptibility testing not done or unknown for isoniazid and rifampin.

2 This column provides an overall total of all MDR cases, including those where previous history of TB is unknown and origin or birth is unknown.

3 Excludes cases where previous history of TB is unknown and cases where origin of birth is unknown.

4 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.

Note: Data for all years updated through June 5, 2015.

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