Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2018

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Table 21. Tuberculosis Cases Among U.S.-Born Persons, by Hispanic Ethnicity and Non-Hispanic Race, Sex, and Age Group: United States, 2018

Table 21. Tuberculosis Cases Among U.S.-Born Persons, by Hispanic Ethnicity and Non-Hispanic Race, Sex, and Age Group: United States, 2018
Race/Ethnicity/Sex Age Group
All Ages <5 5–14 15–24 25–44 45–64 ≥65 Unknown
Total Cases 2,666 169 121 259 583 864 669 1
Male 1,720 97 57 148 355 610 453 0
Female 939 72 64 111 224 254 214 0
Unknown 7 0 0 0 4 0 2 1
Hispanic/Latino1 589 68 64 127 139 114 77 0
Male 359 35 30 79 93 78 44 0
Female 230 33 34 48 46 36 33 0
Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
American Indian/Alaska Native 102 7 9 6 20 36 24 0
Male 60 5 5 5 12 25 8 0
Female 42 2 4 1 8 11 16 0
Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Asian 137 26 9 36 40 12 14 0
Male 80 19 3 15 26 8 9 0
Female 57 7 6 21 14 4 5 0
Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Black/African American 951 46 26 58 228 365 228 0
Male 642 29 14 35 135 267 162 0
Female 307 17 12 23 91 98 66 0
Unknown 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 43 10 5 6 8 9 5 0
Male 21 4 2 4 1 6 4 0
Female 22 6 3 2 7 3 1 0
Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
White 809 8 7 22 139 318 314 1
Male 541 4 3 8 84 221 221 0
Female 265 4 4 14 54 97 92 0
Unknown 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Multiple Race2 23 3 1 3 5 7 4 0
Male 11 0 0 2 3 3 3 0
Female 12 3 1 1 2 4 1 0
Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unknown 12 1 0 1 4 3 3 0
Male 6 1 0 0 1 2 2 0
Female 4 0 0 1 2 1 0 0
Unknown 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0

1Persons of Hispanic/Latino origin may be of any or multiple race.
2Indicates two or more races reported for a person and does not include persons of Hispanic/Latino origin.

Note: Case counts for race categories (American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, black/African American, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, and white) are mutually exclusive and do not include persons of Hispanic ethnicity or multiple race.

See Technical Notes.