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Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2017
Table 6. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages Among Non-U.S.–Born Persons1 by the Top 30 Countries2 of Birth: United States, 2013–2017
| Country of Birth | Year | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||
| No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | |
| Total Cases | 6,384 | (100.0) | 6,356 | (100.0) | 6,406 | (100.0) | 6,264 | (100.0) | 6,222 | (100.0) |
| Mexico | 1,210 | (19.0) | 1,191 | (18.7) | 1,255 | (19.6) | 1,281 | (20.5) | 1,247 | (20.0) |
| Philippines | 795 | (12.5) | 792 | (12.5) | 818 | (12.8) | 756 | (12.1) | 781 | (12.6) |
| India | 600 | (9.4) | 593 | (9.3) | 582 | (9.1) | 479 | (7.6) | 495 | (8.0) |
| Vietnam | 538 | (8.4) | 493 | (7.8) | 524 | (8.2) | 500 | (8.0) | 457 | (7.3) |
| China | 402 | (6.3) | 383 | (6.0) | 425 | (6.6) | 420 | (6.7) | 376 | (6.0) |
| Guatemala | 180 | (2.8) | 191 | (3.0) | 189 | (3.0) | 180 | (2.9) | 214 | (3.4) |
| Haiti | 165 | (2.6) | 169 | (2.7) | 167 | (2.6) | 165 | (2.6) | 171 | (2.7) |
| Ethiopia | 155 | (2.4) | 151 | (2.4) | 144 | (2.2) | 142 | (2.3) | 159 | (2.6) |
| Honduras | 130 | (2.0) | 149 | (2.3) | 140 | (2.2) | 142 | (2.3) | 122 | (2.0) |
| Myanmar | 123 | (1.9) | 125 | (2.0) | 120 | (1.9) | 102 | (1.6) | 105 | (1.7) |
| El Salvador | 100 | (1.6) | 117 | (1.8) | 110 | (1.7) | 97 | (1.5) | 96 | (1.5) |
| Somalia | 97 | (1.5) | 102 | (1.6) | 85 | (1.3) | 105 | (1.7) | 87 | (1.4) |
| Korea, Republic of | 84 | (1.3) | 97 | (1.5) | 90 | (1.4) | 92 | (1.5) | 99 | (1.6) |
| Pakistan | 86 | (1.3) | 84 | (1.3) | 85 | (1.3) | 89 | (1.4) | 78 | (1.3) |
| Nepal | 80 | (1.3) | 104 | (1.6) | 79 | (1.2) | 78 | (1.2) | 72 | (1.2) |
| Peru | 63 | (1.0) | 67 | (1.1) | 82 | (1.3) | 91 | (1.5) | 91 | (1.5) |
| Ecuador | 82 | (1.3) | 69 | (1.1) | 71 | (1.1) | 74 | (1.2) | 80 | (1.3) |
| Laos | 73 | (1.1) | 70 | (1.1) | 68 | (1.1) | 70 | (1.1) | 89 | (1.4) |
| Nigeria | 85 | (1.3) | 91 | (1.4) | 74 | (1.2) | 51 | (0.8) | 68 | (1.1) |
| Cambodia | 64 | (1.0) | 67 | (1.1) | 87 | (1.4) | 74 | (1.2) | 71 | (1.1) |
| Dominican Republic | 69 | (1.1) | 60 | (0.9) | 64 | (1.0) | 68 | (1.1) | 62 | (1.0) |
| Bangladesh | 70 | (1.1) | 60 | (0.9) | 67 | (1.0) | 42 | (0.7) | 71 | (1.1) |
| Bhutan | 54 | (0.8) | 32 | (0.5) | 46 | (0.7) | 63 | (1.0) | 57 | (0.9) |
| Kenya | 46 | (0.7) | 46 | (0.7) | 50 | (0.8) | 49 | (0.8) | 48 | (0.8) |
| Colombia | 37 | (0.6) | 50 | (0.8) | 45 | (0.7) | 36 | (0.6) | 37 | (0.6) |
| Thailand | 35 | (0.5) | 43 | (0.7) | 39 | (0.6) | 48 | (0.8) | 38 | (0.6) |
| Congo | 42 | (0.7) | 38 | (0.6) | 42 | (0.7) | 21 | (0.3) | 32 | (0.5) |
| Indonesia | 29 | (0.5) | 40 | (0.6) | 39 | (0.6) | 29 | (0.5) | 34 | (0.5) |
| Liberia | 33 | (0.5) | 34 | (0.5) | 41 | (0.6) | 28 | (0.4) | 29 | (0.5) |
| Cuba | 21 | (0.3) | 27 | (0.4) | 32 | (0.5) | 44 | (0.7) | 25 | (0.4) |
| All Others3 | 836 | (13.1) | 821 | (12.9) | 746 | (11.6) | 848 | (13.5) | 831 | (13.4) |
1Includes persons born outside the United States (including U.S. territories), except persons born to at least one U.S. citizen parent.
2The top 30 countries were selected based on their ranked 5-year average number of TB cases.
3Includes not specified for country of origin.
Note: Data for all years updated through June 1, 2018. Countries are in descending order by total case count for all years combined.