Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2020

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Table 4D. Tuberculosis Percentages by Birth Decade Cohort: United States, 1993–20201

See Surveillance Slide #37.

Table 4D. Tuberculosis Percentages by Birth Decade Cohort: United States, 1993–20201″
Year Birth Cohort Decade
1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
(%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)
1993 (11.1) (10.9) (14.9) (20.8) (16.5) (5.8) (3.2) (3.1) (0.0) (0.0)
1994 (11.0) (11.1) (14.8) (20.4) (16.4) (7.1) (3.0) (3.7) (0.0) (0.0)
1995 (10.6) (11.1) (14.7) (19.8) (16.6) (8.0) (2.7) (4.2) (0.0) (0.0)
1996 (11.2) (11.0) (14.3) (19.4) (17.0) (9.2) (2.6) (4.4) (0.0) (0.0)
1997 (10.6) (11.2) (14.0) (18.9) (16.8) (10.9) (2.6) (4.7) (0.0) (0.0)
1998 (10.9) (10.6) (14.1) (18.8) (17.1) (11.9) (3.0) (4.5) (0.0) (0.0)
1999 (10.3) (10.8) (13.4) (18.8) (17.1) (13.2) (3.5) (4.8) (0.0) (0.0)
2000 (9.9) (10.1) (14.0) (17.8) (17.2) (14.8) (5.0) (4.6) (0.2) (0.0)
2001 (8.9) (9.9) (13.6) (17.7) (17.3) (16.1) (6.1) (3.9) (1.1) (0.0)
2002 (8.8) (9.9) (12.5) (17.6) (17.4) (16.6) (7.0) (3.5) (2.1) (0.0)
2003 (8.2) (9.4) (12.7) (17.5) (17.1) (16.8) (8.7) (2.8) (2.8) (0.0)
2004 (7.7) (8.9) (11.8) (17.6) (17.2) (16.7) (10.5) (2.9) (3.5) (0.0)
2005 (7.9) (9.0) (11.7) (17.2) (16.7) (17.1) (11.6) (2.7) (3.5) (0.0)
2006 (7.1) (8.7) (11.9) (16.5) (16.8) (17.2) (13.4) (2.4) (4.0) (0.0)
2007 (6.4) (8.7) (11.8) (16.7) (16.3) (16.3) (14.8) (3.1) (4.2) (0.0)
2008 (6.1) (8.3) (11.7) (16.4) (15.9) (16.7) (15.5) (3.3) (4.7) (0.0)
2009 (5.7) (8.6) (11.2) (16.0) (15.8) (16.9) (16.0) (4.2) (4.6) (0.0)
2010 (5.3) (8.6) (11.2) (15.5) (16.5) (15.8) (16.8) (5.0) (4.3) (0.3)
2011 (5.2) (8.6) (11.4) (16.6) (16.0) (15.3) (16.0) (5.7) (3.5) (1.1)
2012 (4.6) (8.7) (11.6) (16.3) (15.3) (15.2) (16.3) (7.4) (2.6) (1.5)
2013 (4.5) (8.9) (10.8) (16.1) (15.4) (14.7) (16.2) (8.4) (2.3) (2.3)
2014 (3.8) (8.7) (11.3) (16.4) (15.2) (14.0) (16.0) (9.7) (2.2) (2.5)
2015 (3.4) (8.3) (11.3) (16.0) (15.8) (13.6) (16.1) (10.5) (2.1) (2.6)
2016 (2.7) (7.9) (11.3) (15.3) (15.6) (14.0) (16.4) (11.7) (2.3) (2.7)
2017 (2.0) (8.1) (11.7) (15.5) (14.8) (13.6) (16.2) (12.0) (3.0) (3.0)
2018 (1.9) (7.5) (11.9) (15.3) (14.9) (13.7) (15.4) (13.1) (3.6) (2.7)
2019 (1.5) (7.6) (11.5) (15.5) (15.0) (13.0) (15.5) (13.6) (3.8) (3.0)
2020 (1.2) (6.1) (10.9) (15.8) (15.6) (13.0) (14.8) (14.5) (4.9) (3.1)

1Percentages are calculated from total number of TB cases and only include percentage distributions from 1920s through 2010s.