Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2018

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Table 49. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages, by Reason Therapy Was Stopped: Reporting Areas, 20161

Table 49. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages, by Reason Therapy Was Stopped: Reporting Areas, 2016
Reporting Area Cases with Initial Drug Regimen Prescribed2 Completed Therapy Did Not Complete Therapy
Adverse event Lost Refused Died3 Unknown4
No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%)
United States 8,985 7,835 (87.2) 29 (0.3) 114 (1.3) 74 (0.8) 602 (6.7) 331 (3.7)
Alabama 109 93 (85.3) 0 (0.0) 3 (2.8) 2 (1.8) 10 (9.2) 1 (0.9)
Alaska 56 49 (87.5) 1 (1.8) 0 (0.0) 4 (7.1) 2 (3.6) 0 (0.0)
Arizona 185 145 (78.4) 1 (0.5) 1 (0.5) 1 (0.5) 15 (8.1) 22 (11.9)
Arkansas 83 64 (77.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 3 (3.6) 7 (8.4) 9 (10.8)
California 2,000 1,703 (85.2) 6 (0.3) 25 (1.3) 9 (0.5) 190 (9.5) 67 (3.4)
Colorado 59 47 (79.7) 0 (0.0) 2 (3.4) 2 (3.4) 7 (11.9) 1 (1.7)
Connecticut 52 47 (90.4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.9) 4 (7.7) 0 (0.0)
Delaware 16 15 (93.8) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (6.3) 0 (0.0)
District of Columbia 25 22 (88.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (8.0) 1 (4.0)
Florida 620 548 (88.4) 0 (0.0) 5 (0.8) 0 (0.0) 41 (6.6) 26 (4.2)
Georgia 289 250 (86.5) 2 (0.7) 7 (2.4) 0 (0.0) 21 (7.3) 9 (3.1)
Hawaii 117 110 (94.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 6 (5.1) 1 (0.9)
Idaho 16 14 (87.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (6.3) 1 (6.3) 0 (0.0)
Illinois 324 295 (91.0) 0 (0.0) 4 (1.2) 2 (0.6) 18 (5.6) 5 (1.5)
Indiana 108 97 (89.8) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.9) 0 (0.0) 8 (7.4) 2 (1.9)
Iowa 47 41 (87.2) 0 (0.0) 1 (2.1) 0 (0.0) 3 (6.4) 2 (4.3)
Kansas 38 38 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Kentucky 88 81 (92.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 6 (6.8) 1 (1.1)
Louisiana 125 104 (83.2) 2 (1.6) 3 (2.4) 5 (4.0) 6 (4.8) 5 (4.0)
Maine 23 21 (91.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (4.3) 1 (4.3)
Maryland 221 196 (88.7) 2 (0.9) 1 (0.5) 0 (0.0) 15 (6.8) 7 (3.2)
Massachusetts 183 167 (91.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 3 (1.6) 13 (7.1)
Michigan 132 118 (89.4) 1 (0.8) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 7 (5.3) 6 (4.5)
Minnesota 168 148 (88.1) 2 (1.2) 1 (0.6) 3 (1.8) 10 (6.0) 4 (2.4)
Mississippi 59 50 (84.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 5 (8.5) 4 (6.8)
Missouri 96 75 (78.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 4 (4.2) 7 (7.3) 10 (10.4)
Montana 4 4 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Nebraska 28 20 (71.4) 0 (0.0) 1 (3.6) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 7 (25.0)
Nevada 54 45 (83.3) 1 (1.9) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.9) 6 (11.1) 1 (1.9)
New Hampshire 15 13 (86.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (6.7) 1 (6.7)
New Jersey 282 253 (89.7) 2 (0.7) 2 (0.7) 0 (0.0) 19 (6.7) 6 (2.1)
New Mexico 38 30 (78.9) 0 (0.0) 4 (10.5) 1 (2.6) 3 (7.9) 0 (0.0)
New York State5 199 185 (93.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.5) 8 (4.0) 5 (2.5)
New York City 541 493 (91.1) 1 (0.2) 7 (1.3) 4 (0.7) 25 (4.6) 11 (2.0)
North Carolina 212 201 (94.8) 1 (0.5) 2 (0.9) 0 (0.0) 6 (2.8) 2 (0.9)
North Dakota 22 21 (95.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (4.5)
Ohio 134 108 (80.6) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 4 (3.0) 7 (5.2) 15 (11.2)
Oklahoma 71 61 (85.9) 0 (0.0) 2 (2.8) 2 (2.8) 6 (8.5) 0 (0.0)
Oregon 69 58 (84.1) 1 (1.4) 0 (0.0) 2 (2.9) 4 (5.8) 4 (5.8)
Pennsylvania 167 144 (86.2) 1 (0.6) 1 (0.6) 2 (1.2) 9 (5.4) 10 (6.0)
Rhode Island 12 11 (91.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (8.3) 0 (0.0)
South Carolina 98 90 (91.8) 1 (1.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 5 (5.1) 2 (2.0)
South Dakota 10 9 (90.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (10.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Tennessee 100 93 (93.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 7 (7.0) 0 (0.0)
Texas 1,217 1,040 (85.5) 1 (0.1) 38 (3.1) 16 (1.3) 67 (5.5) 55 (4.5)
Utah 20 19 (95.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (5.0)
Vermont 6 5 (83.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (16.7) 0 (0.0)
Virginia 198 178 (89.9) 1 (0.5) 1 (0.5) 3 (1.5) 14 (7.1) 1 (0.5)
Washington 197 169 (85.8) 2 (1.0) 2 (1.0) 0 (0.0) 14 (7.1) 10 (5.1)
West Virginia 13 11 (84.6) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (7.7) 1 (7.7)
Wisconsin 38 36 (94.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (5.3) 0 (0.0)
Wyoming 1 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (100.0)
American Samoa6 1 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (100.0)
Fed. States of Micronesia6 134 121 (90.3) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.7) 2 (1.5) 7 (5.2) 3 (2.2)
Guam6 71 58 (81.7) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.4) 3 (4.2) 5 (7.0) 4 (5.6)
Marshall Islands6 173 93 (53.8) 0 (0.0) 3 (1.7) 2 (1.2) 13 (7.5) 62 (35.8)
N. Mariana Islands6 27 24 (88.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 3 (11.1)
Puerto Rico6 64 52 (81.3) 0 (0.0) 2 (3.1) 1 (1.6) 9 (14.1) 0 (0.0)
Republic of Palau6 23 17 (73.9) 0 (0.0) 1 (4.3) 0 (0.0) 2 (8.7) 3 (13.0)
U.S. Virgin Islands6 0 0 0 0 0 0

1Most recent year for which data are available.
2Number of cases among persons alive at diagnosis, with an initial regimen of ≥1 drug prescribed. Percentages for the United States overall are based on 52 reporting areas (50 U.S. states, New York City, and the District of Columbia).
3Died means died of any cause.
4Includes cases reported as other, missing, or unknown.
5Excludes New York City.
6Not included in U.S. totals.

Note:
Ellipses (…) indicate that the percentage cannot be calculated, and the denominator is 0.