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Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2019
Table 19. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages Among Non-U.S.–Born Persons1, by the Top 30 Countries of Birth and Years in the United States Before TB Diagnosis: United States, 2019
See Surveillance Slide #14
| Country of Origin2 | Total Cases | Number of Years in United States3 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <1 | 1–4 | 5–9 | 10–19 | ≥20 | Unknown/Missing | ||||||||
| No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | ||
| Total | 6,364 | 860 | (13.5) | 1,065 | (16.7) | 697 | (11.0) | 1,098 | (17.3) | 1,902 | (29.9) | 742 | (11.7) |
| Mexico | 1,181 | 120 | (10.2) | 94 | (8.0) | 72 | (6.1) | 200 | (16.9) | 491 | (41.6) | 204 | (17.3) |
| Philippines | 793 | 70 | (8.8) | 102 | (12.9) | 84 | (10.6) | 162 | (20.4) | 281 | (35.4) | 94 | (11.9) |
| India | 582 | 60 | (10.3) | 156 | (26.8) | 92 | (15.8) | 104 | (17.9) | 113 | (19.4) | 57 | (9.8) |
| Vietnam | 505 | 36 | (7.1) | 54 | (10.7) | 46 | (9.1) | 74 | (14.7) | 220 | (43.6) | 75 | (14.9) |
| China | 391 | 23 | (5.9) | 54 | (13.8) | 54 | (13.8) | 92 | (23.5) | 128 | (32.7) | 40 | (10.2) |
| Guatemala | 232 | 58 | (25.0) | 59 | (25.4) | 25 | (10.8) | 44 | (19.0) | 29 | (12.5) | 17 | (7.3) |
| Honduras | 193 | 95 | (49.2) | 39 | (20.2) | 13 | (6.7) | 21 | (10.9) | 16 | (8.3) | 9 | (4.7) |
| Haiti | 161 | 36 | (22.4) | 35 | (21.7) | 21 | (13.0) | 22 | (13.7) | 39 | (24.2) | 8 | (5.0) |
| Ethiopia | 139 | 22 | (15.8) | 52 | (37.4) | 22 | (15.8) | 23 | (16.5) | 13 | (9.4) | 7 | (5.0) |
| Pakistan | 110 | 16 | (14.5) | 16 | (14.5) | 11 | (10.0) | 27 | (24.5) | 31 | (28.2) | 9 | (8.2) |
| Myanmar | 104 | 16 | (15.4) | 20 | (19.2) | 27 | (26.0) | 20 | (19.2) | 15 | (14.4) | 6 | (5.8) |
| El Salvador | 98 | 24 | (24.5) | 13 | (13.3) | 10 | (10.2) | 17 | (17.3) | 29 | (29.6) | 5 | (5.1) |
| Nepal | 97 | 13 | (13.4) | 38 | (39.2) | 22 | (22.7) | 14 | (14.4) | 6 | (6.2) | 4 | (4.1) |
| Cambodia | 96 | 6 | (6.3) | 8 | (8.3) | 8 | (8.3) | 13 | (13.5) | 45 | (46.9) | 16 | (16.7) |
| Korea, Republic of | 94 | 1 | (1.1) | 4 | (4.3) | 2 | (2.1) | 12 | (12.8) | 68 | (72.3) | 7 | (7.4) |
| Peru | 81 | 10 | (12.3) | 11 | (13.6) | 9 | (11.1) | 25 | (30.9) | 20 | (24.7) | 6 | (7.4) |
| Nigeria | 67 | 20 | (29.9) | 31 | (46.3) | 6 | (9.0) | 6 | (9.0) | 2 | (3.0) | 2 | (3.0) |
| Somalia | 65 | 3 | (4.6) | 17 | (26.2) | 15 | (23.1) | 21 | (32.3) | 8 | (12.3) | 1 | (1.5) |
| Bangladesh | 63 | 5 | (7.9) | 21 | (33.3) | 8 | (12.7) | 12 | (19.0) | 9 | (14.3) | 8 | (12.7) |
| Dominican Republic | 59 | 13 | (22.0) | 4 | (6.8) | 9 | (15.3) | 10 | (16.9) | 18 | (30.5) | 5 | (8.5) |
| Ecuador | 58 | 8 | (13.8) | 10 | (17.2) | 6 | (10.3) | 16 | (27.6) | 14 | (24.1) | 4 | (6.9) |
| Kenya | 57 | 12 | (21.1) | 17 | (29.8) | 11 | (19.3) | 10 | (17.5) | 5 | (8.8) | 2 | (3.5) |
| Laos | 53 | 0 | (0.0) | 3 | (5.7) | 0 | (0.0) | 4 | (7.5) | 36 | (67.9) | 10 | (18.9) |
| Colombia | 50 | 4 | (8.0) | 8 | (16.0) | 6 | (12.0) | 10 | (20.0) | 18 | (36.0) | 4 | (8.0) |
| Marshall Islands | 45 | 7 | (15.6) | 16 | (35.6) | 4 | (8.9) | 11 | (24.4) | 4 | (8.9) | 3 | (6.7) |
| Afghanistan | 42 | 11 | (26.2) | 12 | (28.6) | 1 | (2.4) | 3 | (7.1) | 12 | (28.6) | 3 | (7.1) |
| Congo | 40 | 16 | (40.0) | 11 | (27.5) | 6 | (15.0) | 3 | (7.5) | 2 | (5.0) | 2 | (5.0) |
| Bhutan | 32 | 0 | (0.0) | 9 | (28.1) | 16 | (50.0) | 7 | (21.9) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) |
| Cameroon | 31 | 13 | (41.9) | 9 | (29.0) | 5 | (16.1) | 3 | (9.7) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (3.2) |
| Liberia | 31 | 9 | (29.0) | 10 | (32.3) | 6 | (19.4) | 4 | (12.9) | 2 | (6.5) | 0 | (0.0) |
| All Others4 | 814 | 133 | (16.3) | 132 | (16.2) | 80 | (9.8) | 108 | (13.3) | 228 | (28.0) | 133 | (16.3) |
1Includes persons born outside the United States (including the U.S. territories), except persons born to at least one U.S. citizen parent.
2Ranked by total case count.
3Among non-U.S.–born persons, the number of years since arrival in the United States before diagnosis with tuberculosis.
4Includes not specified and missing for country of origin.
