Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2017
Table 23. Tuberculosis Risk Factors1, by Origin and Race/Ethnicity: United States, 2017
| Total Eligible Cases2 | Contact3 | HIV Coinfection | Non-HIV Immuno-suppression4 | Diabetes Mellitus | Post-Organ Transplantation | TNF-α Inhibitors | Other5 | None | Unknown | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | |||
| United States | 9,089 | 708 | (7.8) | 445 | (4.9) | 648 | (7.1) | 1,813 | (19.9) | 40 | (0.4) | 67 | (0.7) | 2,234 | (24.6) | 4,401 | (48.4) | 204 | (2.2) | |
| U.S.-Born | U.S.-Born Total | 2,705 | 434 | (16.0) | 182 | (6.7) | 242 | (8.9) | 375 | (13.9) | 11 | (0.4) | 18 | (0.7) | 764 | (28.2) | 1,135 | (42.0) | 52 | (1.9) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 91 | 28 | (30.8) | 6 | (6.6) | 3 | (3.3) | 14 | (15.4) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 16 | (17.6) | 40 | (44.0) | 0 | (0.0) | |
| Asian | 136 | 31 | (22.8) | 2 | (1.5) | 6 | (4.4) | 11 | (8.1) | 1 | (0.7) | 0 | (0.0) | 25 | (18.4) | 67 | (49.3) | 2 | (1.5) | |
| Black/African American | 1,007 | 146 | (14.5) | 108 | (10.7) | 89 | (8.8) | 130 | (12.9) | 4 | (0.4) | 6 | (0.6) | 311 | (30.9) | 441 | (43.8) | 15 | (1.5) | |
| Hispanic/Latino6 | 593 | 113 | (19.1) | 35 | (5.9) | 27 | (4.6) | 98 | (16.5) | 2 | (0.3) | 1 | (0.2) | 145 | (24.5) | 249 | (42.0) | 12 | (2.0) | |
| Multiple races7 | 26 | 9 | (34.6) | 3 | (11.5) | 0 | (0.0) | 2 | (7.7) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 9 | (34.6) | 9 | (34.6) | 1 | (3.8) | |
| Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander | 45 | 19 | (42.2) | 0 | (0.0) | 2 | (4.4) | 4 | (8.9) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 8 | (17.8) | 16 | (35.6) | 0 | (0.0) | |
| White | 803 | 86 | (10.7) | 28 | (3.5) | 115 | (14.3) | 116 | (14.4) | 3 | (0.4) | 11 | (1.4) | 249 | (31.0) | 312 | (38.9) | 22 | (2.7) | |
| Unknown | 4 | 2 | (50.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (25.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (25.0) | 1 | (25.0) | 0 | (0.0) | |
| Non-U.S.–Born | Non-U.S.–Born Total | 6,384 | 274 | (4.3) | 263 | (4.1) | 406 | (6.4) | 1,438 | (22.5) | 29 | (0.5) | 49 | (0.8) | 1,470 | (23.0) | 3,266 | (51.2) | 152 | (2.4) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 2 | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 2 | (100.0) | 0 | (0.0) | |
| Asian | 3,115 | 119 | (3.8) | 50 | (1.6) | 223 | (7.2) | 779 | (25.0) | 21 | (0.7) | 33 | (1.1) | 803 | (25.8) | 1,477 | (47.4) | 76 | (2.4) | |
| Black/African American | 900 | 46 | (5.1) | 118 | (13.1) | 39 | (4.3) | 88 | (9.8) | 2 | (0.2) | 2 | (0.2) | 181 | (20.1) | 578 | (64.2) | 23 | (2.6) | |
| Hispanic/Latino6 | 1,967 | 89 | (4.5) | 86 | (4.4) | 109 | (5.5) | 493 | (25.1) | 3 | (0.2) | 10 | (0.5) | 405 | (20.6) | 1,006 | (51.1) | 35 | (1.8) | |
| Multiple races7 | 42 | 2 | (4.8) | 0 | (0.0) | 4 | (9.5) | 7 | (16.7) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 12 | (28.6) | 18 | (42.9) | 3 | (7.1) | |
| Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander | 65 | 12 | (18.5) | 0 | (0.0) | 2 | (3.1) | 25 | (38.5) | 1 | (1.5) | 0 | (0.0) | 12 | (18.5) | 23 | (35.4) | 1 | (1.5) | |
| White | 270 | 5 | (1.9) | 9 | (3.3) | 28 | (10.4) | 42 | (15.6) | 2 | (0.7) | 4 | (1.5) | 55 | (20.4) | 149 | (55.2) | 11 | (4.1) | |
| Unknown | 23 | 1 | (4.3) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (4.3) | 4 | (17.4) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 2 | (8.7) | 13 | (56.5) | 3 | (13.0) | |
1 Includes the number of risk factors reported (which may be more than one per case) and the number of cases with no information on additional risk factors. The sum of risk factors is greater than the total number of cases because more than one risk factor may be selected per case.
2 Excludes TB risk factor information for 16 cases with unknown origin.
3 Includes risk factor responses of MDR patient contact, missed contact, and infectious TB patient contact.
4 Includes risk factor responses of end-stage renal disease and non-HIV immunosuppression.
5 Includes risk factor responses of incomplete LTBI therapy and Other.
6 Persons of Hispanic/Latino origin may be of any or multiple race.
7 Indicated 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.