Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2021
Table 21. Deaths Reported Among Persons with Tuberculosis Disease: United States, 2010–20191
See Surveillance Slides #57.
| Year4 | Total | Dead at diagnosis | Died after diagnosis | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total deaths reported | Deaths related to TB disease or therapy2 | Total deaths | TB a cause of death | TB not a cause of death | Cause of death unknown or missing | Total deaths | Related to TB therapy or disease3 | Unrelated to TB therapy or disease | Cause of death unknown or missing | ||||||||
| No. | No. | (%) | No. | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | |
| 2019 | 892 | 313 | (35.1) | 221 | 64 | (29.0) | 107 | (48.4) | 50 | (22.6) | 671 | 249 | (37.1) | 282 | (42.0) | 140 | (20.9) |
| 2018 | 801 | 287 | (35.8) | 196 | 66 | (33.7) | 85 | (43.4) | 45 | (23.0) | 605 | 221 | (36.5) | 272 | (45.0) | 112 | (18.5) |
| 2017 | 789 | 257 | (32.6) | 165 | 50 | (30.3) | 82 | (49.7) | 33 | (20.0) | 624 | 207 | (33.2) | 284 | (45.5) | 133 | (21.3) |
| 2016 | 832 | 316 | (38.0) | 206 | 71 | (34.5) | 96 | (46.6) | 39 | (18.9) | 626 | 245 | (39.1) | 254 | (40.6) | 127 | (20.3) |
| 2015 | 794 | 274 | (34.5) | 207 | 63 | (30.4) | 102 | (49.3) | 42 | (20.3) | 587 | 211 | (35.9) | 261 | (44.5) | 115 | (19.6) |
| 2014 | 769 | 282 | (36.7) | 194 | 61 | (31.4) | 100 | (51.5) | 33 | (17.0) | 575 | 221 | (38.4) | 239 | (41.6) | 115 | (20.0) |
| 2013 | 811 | 276 | (34.0) | 212 | 64 | (30.2) | 110 | (51.9) | 38 | (17.9) | 599 | 212 | (35.4) | 278 | (46.4) | 109 | (18.2) |
| 2012 | 834 | 277 | (33.2) | 212 | 65 | (30.7) | 98 | (46.2) | 49 | (23.1) | 622 | 212 | (34.1) | 296 | (47.6) | 114 | (18.3) |
| 2011 | 944 | 347 | (36.8) | 241 | 89 | (36.9) | 102 | (42.3) | 50 | (20.7) | 703 | 258 | (36.7) | 315 | (44.8) | 130 | (18.5) |
| 2010 | 914 | 320 | (35.0) | 245 | 79 | (32.2) | 123 | (50.2) | 43 | (17.6) | 669 | 241 | (36.0) | 308 | (46.0) | 120 | (17.9) |
1Most recent year for which data are complete.
2Persons who were dead at diagnosis or died during therapy, and for whom TB or TB therapy was indicated as a cause of death.
37 deaths were related to TB therapy in 2019.
4Year the case was counted, not the year the person died.
