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Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2020
Table 19. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages Among Non-U.S.–Born Persons,1 by the Top 30 Countries of Birth and Years in the United States Before TB Diagnosis: United States, 2020
See Surveillance Slides #16 and #17.
| Country of origin2 | Total cases | No. Years in United States3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <1 | 1–4 | 5–9 | 10–14 | 15-19 | 20-24 | 25-29 | 30-34 | 35-39 | ≥40 | Unknown/missing | |||||||||||||
| No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | ||
| Total | 5,127 | 499 | (9.7) | 913 | (17.8) | 644 | (12.6) | 460 | (9.0) | 377 | (7.4) | 424 | (8.3) | 286 | (5.6) | 301 | (5.9) | 203 | (4.0) | 435 | (8.5) | 585 | (11.4) |
| Mexico | 925 | 80 | (8.6) | 76 | (8.2) | 44 | (4.8) | 67 | (7.2) | 73 | (7.9) | 98 | (10.6) | 62 | (6.7) | 79 | (8.5) | 56 | (6.1) | 146 | (15.8) | 144 | (15.6) |
| Philippines | 640 | 38 | (5.9) | 75 | (11.7) | 59 | (9.2) | 69 | (10.8) | 50 | (7.8) | 62 | (9.7) | 43 | (6.7) | 41 | (6.4) | 26 | (4.1) | 68 | (10.6) | 109 | (17.0) |
| India | 531 | 55 | (10.4) | 116 | (21.8) | 91 | (17.1) | 59 | (11.1) | 40 | (7.5) | 32 | (6.0) | 20 | (3.8) | 26 | (4.9) | 11 | (2.1) | 18 | (3.4) | 63 | (11.9) |
| Vietnam | 421 | 28 | (6.7) | 53 | (12.6) | 41 | (9.7) | 31 | (7.4) | 24 | (5.7) | 42 | (10.0) | 43 | (10.2) | 41 | (9.7) | 27 | (6.4) | 37 | (8.8) | 54 | (12.8) |
| China | 261 | 25 | (9.6) | 35 | (13.4) | 44 | (16.9) | 28 | (10.7) | 13 | (5.0) | 30 | (11.5) | 18 | (6.9) | 17 | (6.5) | 8 | (3.1) | 19 | (7.3) | 24 | (9.2) |
| Guatemala | 169 | 21 | (12.4) | 46 | (27.2) | 19 | (11.2) | 23 | (13.6) | 12 | (7.1) | 10 | (5.9) | 7 | (4.1) | 6 | (3.6) | 5 | (3.0) | 5 | (3.0) | 15 | (8.9) |
| Honduras | 129 | 20 | (15.5) | 49 | (38.0) | 16 | (12.4) | 8 | (6.2) | 9 | (7.0) | 9 | (7.0) | 4 | (3.1) | 6 | (4.7) | 2 | (1.6) | 1 | (0.8) | 5 | (3.9) |
| Haiti | 126 | 19 | (15.1) | 26 | (20.6) | 22 | (17.5) | 12 | (9.5) | 10 | (7.9) | 10 | (7.9) | 5 | (4.0) | 4 | (3.2) | 3 | (2.4) | 4 | (3.2) | 11 | (8.7) |
| Ethiopia | 102 | 10 | (9.8) | 33 | (32.4) | 17 | (16.7) | 14 | (13.7) | 7 | (6.9) | 6 | (5.9) | 3 | (2.9) | 2 | (2.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (1.0) | 9 | (8.8) |
| El Salvador | 100 | 8 | (8.0) | 14 | (14.0) | 15 | (15.0) | 8 | (8.0) | 7 | (7.0) | 8 | (8.0) | 7 | (7.0) | 11 | (11.0) | 11 | (11.0) | 6 | (6.0) | 5 | (5.0) |
| Nepal | 83 | 4 | (4.8) | 25 | (30.1) | 34 | (41.0) | 16 | (19.3) | 0 | (0.0) | 3 | (3.6) | 1 | (1.2) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) |
| Myanmar | 80 | 6 | (7.5) | 12 | (15.0) | 30 | (37.5) | 19 | (23.8) | 3 | (3.8) | 3 | (3.8) | 1 | (1.3) | 1 | (1.3) | 1 | (1.3) | 2 | (2.5) | 2 | (2.5) |
| Pakistan | 74 | 3 | (4.1) | 13 | (17.6) | 12 | (16.2) | 6 | (8.1) | 12 | (16.2) | 8 | (10.8) | 3 | (4.1) | 3 | (4.1) | 3 | (4.1) | 7 | (9.5) | 4 | (5.4) |
| Bangladesh | 67 | 2 | (3.0) | 21 | (31.3) | 14 | (20.9) | 7 | (10.4) | 6 | (9.0) | 4 | (6.0) | 3 | (4.5) | 2 | (3.0) | 2 | (3.0) | 3 | (4.5) | 3 | (4.5) |
| Korea, Republic of | 65 | 2 | (3.1) | 1 | (1.5) | 0 | (0.0) | 7 | (10.8) | 5 | (7.7) | 4 | (6.2) | 4 | (6.2) | 10 | (15.4) | 7 | (10.8) | 20 | (30.8) | 5 | (7.7) |
| Peru | 63 | 7 | (11.1) | 7 | (11.1) | 4 | (6.3) | 3 | (4.8) | 12 | (19.0) | 11 | (17.5) | 4 | (6.3) | 4 | (6.3) | 3 | (4.8) | 2 | (3.2) | 6 | (9.5) |
| Somalia | 62 | 5 | (8.1) | 18 | (29.0) | 16 | (25.8) | 6 | (9.7) | 5 | (8.1) | 5 | (8.1) | 2 | (3.2) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (1.6) | 4 | (6.5) |
| Ecuador | 61 | 12 | (19.7) | 14 | (23.0) | 10 | (16.4) | 4 | (6.6) | 4 | (6.6) | 5 | (8.2) | 3 | (4.9) | 3 | (4.9) | 1 | (1.6) | 5 | (8.2) | 0 | (0.0) |
| Cambodia | 57 | 3 | (5.3) | 10 | (17.5) | 7 | (12.3) | 2 | (3.5) | 4 | (7.0) | 2 | (3.5) | 3 | (5.3) | 4 | (7.0) | 11 | (19.3) | 3 | (5.3) | 8 | (14.0) |
| Dominican Republic | 56 | 7 | (12.5) | 12 | (21.4) | 5 | (8.9) | 7 | (12.5) | 3 | (5.4) | 5 | (8.9) | 3 | (5.4) | 4 | (7.1) | 1 | (1.8) | 7 | (12.5) | 2 | (3.6) |
| Nigeria | 47 | 2 | (4.3) | 28 | (59.6) | 8 | (17.0) | 4 | (8.5) | 2 | (4.3) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (2.1) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 2 | (4.3) |
| Marshall Islands | 44 | 2 | (4.5) | 10 | (22.7) | 6 | (13.6) | 4 | (9.1) | 6 | (13.6) | 4 | (9.1) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (2.3) | 2 | (4.5) | 0 | (0.0) | 9 | (20.5) |
| Laos | 42 | 3 | (7.1) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 5 | (11.9) | 2 | (4.8) | 1 | (2.4) | 4 | (9.5) | 4 | (9.5) | 8 | (19.0) | 15 | (35.7) |
| Brazil | 37 | 4 | (10.8) | 17 | (45.9) | 5 | (13.5) | 0 | (0.0) | 2 | (5.4) | 3 | (8.1) | 3 | (8.1) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 3 | (8.1) |
| Kenya | 36 | 4 | (11.1) | 13 | (36.1) | 4 | (11.1) | 3 | (8.3) | 7 | (19.4) | 2 | (5.6) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (2.8) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (2.8) | 1 | (2.8) |
| Thailand | 36 | 4 | (11.1) | 7 | (19.4) | 4 | (11.1) | 3 | (8.3) | 3 | (8.3) | 1 | (2.8) | 2 | (5.6) | 3 | (8.3) | 1 | (2.8) | 2 | (5.6) | 6 | (16.7) |
| Congo | 33 | 4 | (12.1) | 16 | (48.5) | 9 | (27.3) | 1 | (3.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 3 | (9.1) |
| Agfhanistan | 32 | 15 | (46.9) | 2 | (6.3) | 3 | (9.4) | 3 | (9.4) | 1 | (3.1) | 1 | (3.1) | 1 | (3.1) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (3.1) | 1 | (3.1) | 4 | (12.5) |
| Colombia | 31 | 2 | (6.5) | 9 | (29.0) | 3 | (9.7) | 0 | (0.0) | 5 | (16.1) | 3 | (9.7) | 0 | (0.0) | 2 | (6.5) | 2 | (6.5) | 3 | (9.7) | 2 | (6.5) |
| Cameroon | 25 | 11 | (44.0) | 6 | (24.0) | 3 | (12.0) | 4 | (16.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (4.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) |
| All Others4 | 692 | 93 | (13.4) | 149 | (21.5) | 99 | (14.3) | 42 | (6.1) | 47 | (6.8) | 50 | (7.2) | 39 | (5.6) | 26 | (3.8) | 15 | (2.2) | 65 | (9.4) | 67 | (9.7) |
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” for country of birth.