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Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2020
Table 13. Deaths Among Reported Tuberculosis Cases: United States, 2010–2018
See Surveillance Slide #64.
| Year3 | Total | Dead at Diagnosis | Died after Diagnosis | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Deaths Reported | Deaths Related to TB Disease or Therapy1 | Total Dead at TB Diagnosis | TB a Cause of Death | TB not a Cause of Death | Cause of Death Unknown/Missing | Total Died During Therapy | Related to TB Therapy/Disease2 | Unrelated to TB Therapy/Disease | Cause of Death Unknown/Missing | ||||||||
| No. | No. | (%) | No. | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | |
| 2010 | 914 | 320 | (35.0) | 245 | 79 | (32.2) | 123 | (50.2) | 43 | (17.6) | 669 | 241 | (36.0) | 309 | (46.2) | 119 | (17.8) |
| 2011 | 945 | 349 | (36.9) | 241 | 89 | (36.9) | 102 | (42.3) | 50 | (20.7) | 704 | 260 | (36.9) | 317 | (45.0) | 127 | (18.0) |
| 2012 | 834 | 277 | (33.2) | 212 | 65 | (30.7) | 98 | (46.2) | 49 | (23.1) | 622 | 212 | (34.1) | 296 | (47.6) | 114 | (18.3) |
| 2013 | 811 | 280 | (34.5) | 212 | 64 | (30.2) | 110 | (51.9) | 38 | (17.9) | 599 | 216 | (36.1) | 278 | (46.4) | 105 | (17.5) |
| 2014 | 769 | 283 | (36.8) | 193 | 61 | (31.6) | 99 | (51.3) | 33 | (17.1) | 576 | 222 | (38.5) | 242 | (42.0) | 112 | (19.4) |
| 2015 | 793 | 274 | (34.6) | 207 | 63 | (30.4) | 102 | (49.3) | 42 | (20.3) | 586 | 211 | (36.0) | 261 | (44.5) | 114 | (19.5) |
| 2016 | 831 | 316 | (38.0) | 206 | 71 | (34.5) | 96 | (46.6) | 39 | (18.9) | 625 | 245 | (39.2) | 254 | (40.6) | 126 | (20.2) |
| 2017 | 787 | 250 | (31.8) | 165 | 48 | (29.1) | 81 | (49.1) | 36 | (21.8) | 622 | 202 | (32.5) | 282 | (45.3) | 138 | (22.2) |
| 2018 | 801 | 281 | (35.1) | 197 | 65 | (33.0) | 87 | (44.2) | 45 | (22.8) | 604 | 216 | (35.8) | 267 | (44.2) | 121 | (20.0) |
1Includes patients who were dead at diagnosis or died during therapy, for which TB or TB therapy was indicated as a cause of death.
2Six patient deaths were related to TB therapy in 2018.
3Year = year the count was counted, not the year the patient died.
Data complete to 2018.