Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2019

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Table 6B. Tuberculosis Rates per 100,000 Population by Country of Birth in the United States by the Top 10 Countries of Birth1: United States, 2015–2019

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Table 6B. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages Among Non-U.S.–Born Persons by the Top 30 Countries of Birth: United States, 2015–2019
Country of Birth Average Annual Number of Cases Population Estimate2 U.S. Rate by Country of Birth
Marshall Islands 39.6 23,462 168.8
Congo 39.4 27,391 143.8
Somalia 84.2 96,463 87.3
Myanmar 117.2 144,354 81.2
Bhutan 40.8 56,457 72.3
Nepal 92.4 135,171 68.4
Guinea 11.4 17,034 66.9
Fed. States of Micronesia 19.8 30,988 63.9
Ethiopia 146.8 255,035 57.6
Other Africa3 13.4 27,615 48.5
Cambodia 75.8 156,946 48.3
Sierra Leone 20.6 40,551 50.8

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1The top 10 countries were selected based on their ranked 5-year rate of TB cases by country of birth in the United States.
2Population Estimates were obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) data, 2014–2018 multiyear file. At the time of this report, the 2014–2018 had not been published yet. Population estimates of persons from countries with <10,000 persons living in the United States are grouped within Regions.
3The Other Africa region consists of Angola, Botswana, Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Lesotho, Namibia, Sao Tome & Principe, and Swaziland.

Note: Data for all years updated through June 10, 2020.

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