Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2022

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Table 16. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages by Completion of Therapy: United States, 1993–2020

See surveillance slide #41.

Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages by Completion of Therapy (COT): United States, 1993–2020
Year Total cases1,2 Completed therapy Did not complete therapy3
Total No. ≤ 1 year >1 year Duration unknown
No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%)
2020 5,741 5,437 5,108 (89.0) 315 (5.5) 14 (0.2) 304 (5.3)
2019 7,174 6,862 6,463 (90.1) 384 (5.4) 15 (0.2) 312 (4.3)
2018 7,348 7,050 6,579 (89.5) 462 (6.3) 9 (0.1) 298 (4.1)
2017 7,394 7,134 6,689 (90.5) 430 (5.8) 15 (0.2) 260 (3.5)
2016 7,572 7,262 6,773 (89.4) 472 (6.2) 17 (0.2) 310 (4.1)
2015 7,853 7,580 7,085 (90.2) 490 (6.2) 5 (0.1) 273 (3.5)
2014 7,708 7,467 6,959 (90.3) 497 (6.4) 11 (0.1) 241 (3.1)
2013 7,741 7,461 6,959 (89.9) 493 (6.4) 9 (0.1) 280 (3.6)
2012 8,081 7,803 7,290 (90.2) 495 (6.1) 18 (0.2) 278 (3.4)
2011 8,461 8,165 7,592 (89.7) 569 (6.7) 4 (0.0) 296 (3.5)
2010 9,047 8,694 8,105 (89.6) 579 (6.4) 10 (0.1) 353 (3.9)
2009 9,491 9,074 8,431 (88.8) 632 (6.7) 11 (0.1) 417 (4.4)
2008 11,068 10,333 9,532 (86.1) 798 (7.2) 3 (0.0) 735 (6.6)
2007 11,408 10,696 9,747 (85.4) 947 (8.3) 2 (0.0) 712 (6.2)
2006 11,645 10,846 9,868 (84.7) 976 (8.4) 2 (0.0) 799 (6.9)
2005 11,945 11,045 10,029 (84.0) 1,015 (8.5) 1 (0.0) 900 (7.5)
2004 12,359 11,436 10,414 (84.3) 1,015 (8.2) 7 (0.1) 923 (7.5)
2003 12,644 11,723 10,563 (83.5) 1,155 (9.1) 5 (0.0) 921 (7.3)
2002 12,712 11,752 10,543 (82.9) 1,208 (9.5) 1 (0.0) 960 (7.6)
2001 13,513 12,521 11,141 (82.4) 1,374 (10.2) 6 (0.0) 992 (7.3)
2000 13,732 12,704 11,282 (82.2) 1,419 (10.3) 3 (0.0) 1,028 (7.5)
1999 14,660 13,508 11,931 (81.4) 1,575 (10.7) 2 (0.0) 1,152 (7.9)
1998 15,230 14,040 12,370 (81.2) 1,662 (10.9) 8 (0.1) 1,190 (7.8)
1997 16,326 14,861 12,849 (78.7) 1,998 (12.2) 14 (0.1) 1,465 (9.0)
1996 17,412 15,711 13,369 (76.8) 2,328 (13.4) 14 (0.1) 1,701 (9.8)
1995 18,454 16,461 13,671 (74.1) 2,775 (15.0) 15 (0.1) 1,993 (10.8)
1994 19,452 16,890 13,343 (68.6) 3,522 (18.1) 25 (0.1) 2,562 (13.2)
1993 19,899 17,115 12,621 (63.4) 4,476 (22.5) 18 (0.1) 2,784 (14.0)

1Persons for whom less than one year of therapy was indicated.
2Excludes patients who died within one year of initiating therapy; patients with an initial isolate resistant to rifampin; patients with bone and joint disease, meningeal disease, or disease of the central nervous system; or patients <15 years of age with miliary disease, positive blood culture, or a positive nucleic acid amplification test on a blood specimen. Beginning in 2011, patients who moved out of the country within one year of initiating therapy were also excluded.
3Includes persons for reason for stopping therapy was unknown.

Note:
Data for all years are updated through July 8, 2023.

Zero % (0.0) denotes <0.05%.