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| Slide 9. TB Case Rates by Age Group and
Race/Ethnicity, United States, 2007. This slide presents TB
rates in 2007 by age group and race/ethnicity. Risk increased with
age across racial and ethnic groups, and rates were consistently
higher in minority racial and ethnic groups than in non-Hispanic
whites. Rates were the highest in Asians and Native Hawaiians and
Other Pacific Islanders, particularly in adult age groups. The
impact of foreign birth is a consideration in interpreting rate
variations by race/ethnicity. For example, 96% of cases in the Asian
group occurred in foreign-born persons, compared with 77% of cases
in Hispanics and 32% of cases in non-Hispanic blacks or
African-Americans. Persons reporting two or more races totaled less
than 1% of all cases.
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