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Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2018
Table 6A. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages Among Non-U.S.–Born Persons1 by the Top 30 Countries2 of Birth: United States, 2014–2018
See Surveillance Slide #9.
| Country of Birth | Year | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||
| No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | |
| Total | 6,335 | (100.0) | 6,395 | (100.0) | 6,361 | (100.0) | 6,406 | (100.0) | 6,264 | (100.0) |
| Mexico | 1,199 | (18.9) | 1,215 | (19.0) | 1,196 | (18.8) | 1,255 | (19.6) | 1,282 | (20.5) |
| Philippines | 781 | (12.3) | 796 | (12.5) | 793 | (12.5) | 818 | (12.8) | 756 | (12.1) |
| India | 628 | (9.9) | 604 | (9.4) | 594 | (9.3) | 582 | (9.1) | 478 | (7.6) |
| Vietnam | 508 | (8.0) | 538 | (8.4) | 494 | (7.8) | 524 | (8.2) | 500 | (8.0) |
| China | 379 | (6.0) | 404 | (6.3) | 382 | (6.0) | 426 | (6.7) | 420 | (6.7) |
| Guatemala | 205 | (3.2) | 181 | (2.8) | 191 | (3.0) | 189 | (3.0) | 180 | (2.9) |
| Haiti | 131 | (2.1) | 164 | (2.6) | 169 | (2.7) | 167 | (2.6) | 165 | (2.6) |
| Ethiopia | 150 | (2.4) | 156 | (2.4) | 151 | (2.4) | 144 | (2.3) | 142 | (2.3) |
| Honduras | 144 | (2.3) | 131 | (2.1) | 148 | (2.3) | 140 | (2.2) | 142 | (2.3) |
| Myanmar | 109 | (1.7) | 123 | (1.9) | 126 | (2.0) | 120 | (1.9) | 102 | (1.6) |
| El Salvador | 109 | (1.7) | 100 | (1.6) | 118 | (1.9) | 110 | (1.7) | 97 | (1.6) |
| Somalia | 73 | (1.2) | 98 | (1.5) | 102 | (1.6) | 85 | (1.3) | 105 | (1.7) |
| Pakistan | 102 | (1.6) | 87 | (1.4) | 84 | (1.3) | 85 | (1.3) | 89 | (1.4) |
| Korea, Republic Of | 81 | (1.3) | 86 | (1.3) | 97 | (1.5) | 90 | (1.4) | 92 | (1.5) |
| Nepal | 99 | (1.6) | 80 | (1.3) | 104 | (1.6) | 79 | (1.2) | 78 | (1.3) |
| Peru | 78 | (1.2) | 63 | (1.0) | 67 | (1.1) | 82 | (1.3) | 91 | (1.5) |
| Nigeria | 72 | (1.1) | 85 | (1.3) | 91 | (1.4) | 74 | (1.2) | 51 | (0.8) |
| Ecuador | 76 | (1.2) | 82 | (1.3) | 69 | (1.1) | 71 | (1.1) | 74 | (1.2) |
| Cambodia | 66 | (1.0) | 63 | (1.0) | 67 | (1.1) | 87 | (1.4) | 74 | (1.2) |
| Laos | 56 | (0.9) | 73 | (1.1) | 70 | (1.1) | 68 | (1.1) | 70 | (1.1) |
| Dominican Republic | 56 | (0.9) | 69 | (1.1) | 61 | (1.0) | 64 | (1.0) | 68 | (1.1) |
| Bangladesh | 61 | (1.0) | 70 | (1.1) | 60 | (0.9) | 67 | (1.1) | 42 | (0.7) |
| Kenya | 53 | (0.8) | 47 | (0.7) | 46 | (0.7) | 50 | (0.8) | 49 | (0.8) |
| Bhutan | 45 | (0.7) | 54 | (0.8) | 31 | (0.5) | 46 | (0.7) | 63 | (1.0) |
| Colombia | 48 | (0.8) | 37 | (0.6) | 50 | (0.8) | 45 | (0.7) | 36 | (0.6) |
| Thailand | 32 | (0.5) | 36 | (0.6) | 43 | (0.7) | 39 | (0.6) | 48 | (0.8) |
| Congo | 50 | (0.8) | 42 | (0.7) | 38 | (0.6) | 42 | (0.7) | 21 | (0.3) |
| Indonesia | 34 | (0.5) | 29 | (0.5) | 41 | (0.6) | 39 | (0.6) | 29 | (0.5) |
| Liberia | 32 | (0.5) | 32 | (0.5) | 34 | (0.5) | 41 | (0.6) | 28 | (0.5) |
| Afghanistan | 41 | (0.7) | 38 | (0.6) | 31 | (0.5) | 26 | (0.4) | 26 | (0.4) |
| All Others3 | 837 | (13.2) | 812 | (12.7) | 813 | (12.8) | 751 | (11.7) | 866 | (13.8) |
1Includes persons born outside the United States or the 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 6, 2019. Countries are in descending order by total case count for all years combined.