Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2017
Table 19. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages Among Non-U.S.–Born Persons1, by the Top 30 Countries of Birth and Years in the United States Before TB Diagnosis: United States, 2017
| Country of Origin2 | Total Cases | No. Years in United States3 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <1 | 1–4 | 5–9 | 10–19 | ≥20 | Unknown/Missing | ||||||||
| No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | ||
| Total | 6,384 | 1,040 | (16.3) | 1,062 | (16.6) | 764 | (12.0) | 1,153 | (18.1) | 1,738 | (27.2) | 627 | (9.8) |
| Mexico | 1,210 | 145 | (12.0) | 98 | (8.1) | 104 | (8.6) | 254 | (21.0) | 447 | (36.9) | 162 | (13.4) |
| Philippines | 795 | 86 | (10.8) | 99 | (12.5) | 88 | (11.1) | 168 | (21.1) | 266 | (33.5) | 88 | (11.1) |
| India | 600 | 100 | (16.7) | 149 | (24.8) | 75 | (12.5) | 110 | (18.3) | 108 | (18.0) | 58 | (9.7) |
| Vietnam | 538 | 57 | (10.6) | 69 | (12.8) | 65 | (12.1) | 75 | (13.9) | 212 | (39.4) | 60 | (11.2) |
| China | 402 | 33 | (8.2) | 73 | (18.2) | 72 | (17.9) | 74 | (18.4) | 124 | (30.8) | 26 | (6.5) |
| Guatemala | 180 | 35 | (19.4) | 32 | (17.8) | 33 | (18.3) | 40 | (22.2) | 25 | (13.9) | 15 | (8.3) |
| Haiti | 165 | 58 | (35.2) | 22 | (13.3) | 21 | (12.7) | 28 | (17.0) | 24 | (14.5) | 12 | (7.3) |
| Ethiopia | 155 | 37 | (23.9) | 38 | (24.5) | 36 | (23.2) | 25 | (16.1) | 3 | (1.9) | 16 | (10.3) |
| Honduras | 130 | 44 | (33.8) | 24 | (18.5) | 12 | (9.2) | 24 | (18.5) | 21 | (16.2) | 5 | (3.8) |
| Myanmar | 123 | 31 | (25.2) | 32 | (26.0) | 29 | (23.6) | 11 | (8.9) | 9 | (7.3) | 11 | (8.9) |
| El Salvador | 100 | 15 | (15.0) | 16 | (16.0) | 6 | (6.0) | 20 | (20.0) | 34 | (34.0) | 9 | (9.0) |
| Somalia | 97 | 19 | (19.6) | 29 | (29.9) | 13 | (13.4) | 28 | (28.9) | 6 | (6.2) | 2 | (2.1) |
| Pakistan | 86 | 14 | (16.3) | 17 | (19.8) | 7 | (8.1) | 14 | (16.3) | 30 | (34.9) | 4 | (4.7) |
| Nigeria | 85 | 30 | (35.3) | 31 | (36.5) | 3 | (3.5) | 7 | (8.2) | 9 | (10.6) | 5 | (5.9) |
| Korea, Republic of | 84 | 4 | (4.8) | 4 | (4.8) | 4 | (4.8) | 24 | (28.6) | 45 | (53.6) | 3 | (3.6) |
| Ecuador | 82 | 11 | (13.4) | 16 | (19.5) | 11 | (13.4) | 20 | (24.4) | 18 | (22.0) | 6 | (7.3) |
| Nepal | 80 | 25 | (31.3) | 31 | (38.8) | 12 | (15.0) | 5 | (6.3) | 1 | (1.3) | 6 | (7.5) |
| Laos | 73 | 2 | (2.7) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 8 | (11.0) | 50 | (68.5) | 13 | (17.8) |
| Bangladesh | 70 | 13 | (18.6) | 20 | (28.6) | 18 | (25.7) | 10 | (14.3) | 6 | (8.6) | 3 | (4.3) |
| Dominican Republic | 69 | 9 | (13.0) | 12 | (17.4) | 3 | (4.3) | 17 | (24.6) | 20 | (29.0) | 8 | (11.6) |
| Cambodia | 64 | 7 | (10.9) | 4 | (6.3) | 5 | (7.8) | 10 | (15.6) | 28 | (43.8) | 10 | (15.6) |
| Peru | 63 | 11 | (17.5) | 13 | (20.6) | 5 | (7.9) | 17 | (27.0) | 14 | (22.2) | 3 | (4.8) |
| Bhutan | 54 | 8 | (14.8) | 19 | (35.2) | 25 | (46.3) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 2 | (3.7) |
| Kenya | 46 | 14 | (30.4) | 16 | (34.8) | 5 | (10.9) | 6 | (13.0) | 1 | (2.2) | 4 | (8.7) |
| Marshall Islands | 46 | 11 | (23.9) | 13 | (28.3) | 7 | (15.2) | 5 | (10.9) | 3 | (6.5) | 7 | (15.2) |
| Congo | 42 | 20 | (47.6) | 19 | (45.2) | 2 | (4.8) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (2.4) |
| Afghanistan | 38 | 16 | (42.1) | 5 | (13.2) | 0 | (0.0) | 4 | (10.5) | 8 | (21.1) | 5 | (13.2) |
| Colombia | 37 | 5 | (13.5) | 4 | (10.8) | 3 | (8.1) | 7 | (18.9) | 14 | (37.8) | 4 | (10.8) |
| Thailand | 35 | 3 | (8.6) | 2 | (5.7) | 8 | (22.9) | 9 | (25.7) | 9 | (25.7) | 4 | (11.4) |
| Liberia | 33 | 10 | (30.3) | 10 | (30.3) | 4 | (12.1) | 4 | (12.1) | 0 | (0.0) | 5 | (15.2) |
| All Others4 | 802 | 167 | (20.8) | 145 | (18.1) | 88 | (11.0) | 129 | (16.1) | 203 | (25.3) | 70 | (8.7) |
1 Includes persons born outside the United States (including the U.S. territories), except persons born to at least one U.S. citizen parent.
2 Ranked by total case count.
3 Among non-U.S.–born persons, the number of years since arrival in the United States before diagnosis with tuberculosis.
4 Includes not specified for country of origin.
Page last reviewed: October 22, 2018
