Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2017
Table 20. Tuberculosis Cases and Rates per 100,000 Population, by Hispanic Ethnicity and Non-Hispanic Race, Sex, and Age Group: United States, 2017
| Race/Ethnicity and Sex | All Ages | Age Group | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 5 | 5–14 | 15–24 | 25–44 | 45–64 | ≥65 | Unknown | ||||||||||
| No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | |
| Total Cases | 9,105 | 2.8 | 228 | 1.1 | 201 | 0.5 | 847 | 2.0 | 2,758 | 3.2 | 2,758 | 3.3 | 2,305 | 4.5 | 8 | — |
| Male | 5,584 | 3.5 | 114 | 1.1 | 102 | 0.5 | 491 | 2.2 | 1,592 | 3.7 | 1,803 | 4.4 | 1,482 | 6.6 | 0 | — |
| Female | 3,515 | 2.1 | 114 | 1.2 | 99 | 0.5 | 356 | 1.7 | 1,166 | 2.7 | 955 | 2.2 | 823 | 2.9 | 2 | — |
| Unknown | 6 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 6 | — |
| Hispanic / Latino1 | 2,568 | 4.4 | 99 | 1.9 | 86 | 0.8 | 303 | 3.1 | 830 | 4.7 | 734 | 6.3 | 515 | 12.2 | 1 | — |
| Male | 1,647 | 5.5 | 50 | 1.9 | 37 | 0.7 | 201 | 4.0 | 551 | 6.0 | 504 | 8.8 | 304 | 16.7 | 0 | — |
| Female | 921 | 3.2 | 49 | 1.9 | 49 | 1.0 | 102 | 2.2 | 279 | 3.3 | 230 | 3.9 | 211 | 8.9 | 1 | — |
| Unknown | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| American Indian / Alaska Native | 94 | 3.9 | 6 | 3.6 | 5 | 1.4 | 12 | 3.3 | 19 | 2.9 | 31 | 5.3 | 20 | 7.3 | 1 | — |
| Male | 45 | 3.8 | 1 | 1.2 | 3 | 1.7 | 6 | 3.2 | 13 | 3.9 | 12 | 4.3 | 10 | 8.2 | 0 | — |
| Female | 48 | 3.9 | 5 | 6.2 | 2 | 1.2 | 6 | 3.3 | 6 | 1.8 | 19 | 6.2 | 10 | 6.7 | 0 | — |
| Unknown | 1 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 1 | — |
| Asian | 3,254 | 17.7 | 39 | 3.9 | 36 | 1.7 | 282 | 11.9 | 895 | 14.6 | 955 | 20.8 | 1,045 | 46.2 | 2 | — |
| Male | 1,925 | 22.0 | 18 | 3.5 | 20 | 1.9 | 157 | 13.1 | 453 | 15.5 | 591 | 28.0 | 686 | 70.3 | 0 | — |
| Female | 1,328 | 13.8 | 21 | 4.3 | 16 | 1.6 | 125 | 10.7 | 442 | 13.8 | 364 | 14.7 | 359 | 27.9 | 1 | — |
| Unknown | 1 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 1 | — |
| Black / African American | 1,910 | 4.7 | 58 | 2.1 | 50 | 0.9 | 186 | 3.0 | 726 | 6.3 | 598 | 5.9 | 289 | 6.3 | 3 | — |
| Male | 1,118 | 5.8 | 28 | 2.0 | 28 | 1.0 | 91 | 2.9 | 404 | 7.3 | 386 | 8.3 | 181 | 9.8 | 0 | — |
| Female | 789 | 3.7 | 30 | 2.2 | 22 | 0.8 | 95 | 3.1 | 322 | 5.4 | 212 | 3.9 | 108 | 3.9 | 0 | — |
| Unknown | 3 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 3 | — |
| Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander | 110 | 19.1 | 10 | 24.5 | 18 | 22.0 | 14 | 16.5 | 37 | 19.9 | 22 | 16.9 | 9 | 17.0 | 0 | — |
| Male | 60 | 20.7 | 7 | 33.5 | 10 | 24.1 | 8 | 18.5 | 14 | 14.6 | 16 | 25.0 | 5 | 20.2 | 0 | — |
| Female | 50 | 17.4 | 3 | 15.1 | 8 | 19.9 | 6 | 14.5 | 23 | 25.4 | 6 | 9.0 | 4 | 14.2 | 0 | — |
| Unknown | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| White | 1,073 | 0.5 | 11 | 0.1 | 3 | 0.0 | 38 | 0.2 | 217 | 0.4 | 393 | 0.7 | 411 | 1.1 | 0 | — |
| Male | 724 | 0.7 | 8 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.0 | 20 | 0.2 | 134 | 0.5 | 275 | 1.0 | 285 | 1.6 | 0 | — |
| Female | 349 | 0.3 | 3 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 18 | 0.2 | 83 | 0.3 | 118 | 0.4 | 126 | 0.6 | 0 | — |
| Unknown | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| Multiple Race2 | 68 | 1.0 | 3 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.1 | 10 | 0.7 | 22 | 1.4 | 18 | 2.0 | 13 | 3.4 | 0 | — |
| Male | 45 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.2 | 7 | 1.0 | 14 | 1.9 | 13 | 3.0 | 8 | 4.7 | 0 | — |
| Female | 23 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.4 | 8 | 1.0 | 5 | 1.0 | 5 | 2.4 | 0 | — |
| Unknown | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| Unknown | 28 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 12 | — | 7 | — | 3 | — | 1 | — |
| Male | 20 | — | 1 | — | 0 | — | 1 | — | 9 | — | 6 | — | 3 | — | 0 | — |
| Female | 7 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| Unknown | 1 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 1 | — |
1 Persons of Hispanic/Latino origin may be of any or multiple race.
2 Indicates two or more races reported for a person, and does not include persons of Hispanic/Latino origin.
Note: Denominators for computing 2017 case rates were obtained from the U.S. Census Annual Estimates of the Resident Population by Sex, Age, Race and Hispanic Origin: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2017 (https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2017/demo/popest/nation-detail.html) accessed June 21, 2018.
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/Latino origin or multiple race.
See Technical Notes.
Page last reviewed: October 22, 2018
