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Table 13. Deaths Among Reported Tuberculosis Cases: United States, 2010–2015
| Year | Total | Dead at Diagnosis | Died after Diagnosis | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Deaths Reported | Deaths Related to TB Disease or Therapy 1 | 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/Disease 2 | Unrelated to TB Therapy/Disease | Cause of Death Unknown/Missing | ||||||||
| No. | No. | (%) | No. | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | |
| 2010 | 917 | 320 | (34.9) | 246 | 79 | (32.1) | 124 | (50.4) | 43 | (17.5) | 671 | 241 | (35.9) | 313 | (46.6) | 117 | (17.4) |
| 2011 | 947 | 349 | (36.9) | 241 | 89 | (36.9) | 102 | (42.3) | 50 | (20.7) | 706 | 260 | (36.8) | 317 | (44.9) | 129 | (18.3) |
| 2012 | 836 | 280 | (33.5) | 212 | 65 | (30.7) | 98 | (46.2) | 49 | (23.1) | 624 | 215 | (34.5) | 297 | (47.6) | 112 | (17.9) |
| 2013 | 812 | 285 | (35.1) | 213 | 64 | (30.0) | 110 | (51.6) | 39 | (18.3) | 599 | 221 | (36.9) | 292 | (48.7) | 86 | (14.4) |
| 2014 | 774 | 287 | (37.1) | 195 | 62 | (31.8) | 100 | (51.3) | 33 | (16.9) | 579 | 225 | (38.9) | 252 | (43.5) | 102 | (17.6) |
| 2015 | 792 | 281 | (35.5) | 208 | 64 | (30.8) | 102 | (49.0) | 42 | (20.2) | 584 | 217 | (37.2) | 269 | (46.1) | 98 | (16.8) |
1 Includes patients who were dead at diagnosis or died during therapy, for which TB or TB therapy was indicated as a cause of death.
2 11 patient deaths were related to TB therapy in 2015.