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Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2018
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, 2018
See Surveillance Slide #11.
| 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 | 6,335 | 927 | (14.6) | 1,054 | (16.6) | 686 | (10.8) | 1,181 | (18.6) | 1,773 | (28.0) | 714 | (11.3) |
| Mexico | 1,199 | 124 | (10.3) | 95 | (7.9) | 65 | (5.4) | 263 | (21.9) | 473 | (39.4) | 179 | (14.9) |
| Philippines | 781 | 96 | (12.3) | 75 | (9.6) | 71 | (9.1) | 153 | (19.6) | 293 | (37.5) | 93 | (11.9) |
| India | 628 | 98 | (15.6) | 166 | (26.4) | 70 | (11.1) | 111 | (17.7) | 102 | (16.2) | 81 | (12.9) |
| Vietnam | 508 | 32 | (6.3) | 73 | (14.4) | 52 | (10.2) | 73 | (14.4) | 212 | (41.7) | 66 | (13.0) |
| China | 379 | 26 | (6.9) | 45 | (11.9) | 47 | (12.4) | 72 | (19.0) | 145 | (38.3) | 44 | (11.6) |
| Guatemala | 205 | 57 | (27.8) | 45 | (22.0) | 30 | (14.6) | 33 | (16.1) | 27 | (13.2) | 13 | (6.3) |
| Ethiopia | 150 | 24 | (16.0) | 59 | (39.3) | 31 | (20.7) | 24 | (16.0) | 6 | (4.0) | 6 | (4.0) |
| Honduras | 144 | 49 | (34.0) | 33 | (22.9) | 13 | (9.0) | 28 | (19.4) | 17 | (11.8) | 4 | (2.8) |
| Haiti | 131 | 22 | (16.8) | 28 | (21.4) | 17 | (13.0) | 25 | (19.1) | 29 | (22.1) | 10 | (7.6) |
| El Salvador | 109 | 18 | (16.5) | 17 | (15.6) | 18 | (16.5) | 32 | (29.4) | 21 | (19.3) | 3 | (2.8) |
| Myanmar | 109 | 21 | (19.3) | 25 | (22.9) | 26 | (23.9) | 16 | (14.7) | 10 | (9.2) | 11 | (10.1) |
| Pakistan | 102 | 22 | (21.6) | 11 | (10.8) | 14 | (13.7) | 16 | (15.7) | 31 | (30.4) | 8 | (7.8) |
| Nepal | 99 | 22 | (22.2) | 36 | (36.4) | 16 | (16.2) | 18 | (18.2) | 0 | (0.0) | 7 | (7.1) |
| Korea, Republic of | 81 | 1 | (1.2) | 0 | (0.0) | 4 | (4.9) | 18 | (22.2) | 50 | (61.7) | 8 | (9.9) |
| Peru | 78 | 12 | (15.4) | 9 | (11.5) | 10 | (12.8) | 25 | (32.1) | 16 | (20.5) | 6 | (7.7) |
| Ecuador | 76 | 12 | (15.8) | 15 | (19.7) | 6 | (7.9) | 21 | (27.6) | 16 | (21.1) | 6 | (7.9) |
| Somalia | 73 | 10 | (13.7) | 16 | (21.9) | 15 | (20.5) | 20 | (27.4) | 7 | (9.6) | 5 | (6.8) |
| Nigeria | 72 | 23 | (31.9) | 21 | (0.0) | 9 | (0.0) | 7 | (9.7) | 4 | (5.6) | 8 | (11.1) |
| Cambodia | 66 | 9 | (13.6) | 2 | (3.0) | 7 | (10.6) | 9 | (13.6) | 22 | (33.3) | 17 | (25.8) |
| Bangladesh | 61 | 10 | (16.4) | 9 | (14.8) | 8 | (13.1) | 16 | (26.2) | 8 | (13.1) | 10 | (16.4) |
| Dominican Republic | 56 | 20 | (35.7) | 13 | (23.2) | 3 | (5.4) | 10 | (17.9) | 7 | (12.5) | 3 | (5.4) |
| Laos | 56 | 1 | (1.8) | 0 | (0.0) | 3 | (5.4) | 9 | (16.1) | 32 | (57.1) | 11 | (19.6) |
| Kenya | 53 | 14 | (26.4) | 13 | (24.5) | 9 | (17.0) | 7 | (0.0) | 7 | (0.0) | 3 | (5.7) |
| Congo | 50 | 20 | (40.0) | 19 | (38.0) | 4 | (8.0) | 2 | (4.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 5 | (10.0) |
| Columbia | 48 | 9 | (18.8) | 8 | (16.7) | 9 | (18.8) | 8 | (16.7) | 11 | (22.9) | 3 | (6.3) |
| Bhutan | 45 | 5 | (11.1) | 11 | (24.4) | 20 | (44.4) | 5 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 4 | (8.9) |
| Afghanistan | 41 | 14 | (34.1) | 7 | (17.1) | 5 | (0.0) | 3 | (7.3) | 10 | (24.4) | 2 | (4.9) |
| Marshall Islands | 38 | 5 | (13.2) | 10 | (26.3) | 5 | (13.2) | 8 | (21.1) | 1 | (2.6) | 9 | (23.7) |
| Indonesia | 34 | 7 | (20.6) | 8 | (23.5) | 2 | (5.9) | 10 | (29.4) | 2 | (5.9) | 5 | (14.7) |
| Liberia | 32 | 7 | (21.9) | 12 | (37.5) | 4 | (12.5) | 7 | (21.9) | 1 | (3.1) | 1 | (3.1) |
| All Others4 | 831 | 137 | (16.5) | 173 | (20.8) | 93 | (11.2) | 132 | (15.9) | 213 | (25.6) | 83 | (10.0) |
1Includes persons born outside the United States or the U.S. territories, except persons born to at least one U.S. citizen parent.
2Ranked by total case count.
3Among non-U.S.–born persons, the number of years since arrival in the United States before diagnosis with tuberculosis.
4Includes Not Specified for country of origin.