Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2022

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Table 18. Deaths Reported Among Persons with Tuberculosis Disease: United States, 2010–2020

See surveillance slide #47.

Deaths reported among persons with tuberculosis disease.
Year3 Total Dead at diagnosis Died after diagnosis
Total deaths reported Deaths related to TB disease or therapy1 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 disease2 Unrelated to TB therapy or disease Cause of death unknown or missing
No. No. (%) No. No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. No. (%) No. (%) No. (%)
2020 845 325 (38.5) 208 60 (28.8) 99 (47.6) 49 (23.6) 637 265 (41.6) 254 (39.9) 118 (18.5)
2019 892 313 (35.1) 222 64 (28.8) 108 (48.6) 50 (22.5) 670 249 (37.2) 283 (42.2) 138 (20.6)
2018 802 286 (35.7) 196 65 (33.2) 85 (43.4) 46 (23.5) 606 221 (36.5) 271 (44.7) 114 (18.8)
2017 789 256 (32.4) 164 50 (30.5) 81 (49.4) 33 (20.1) 625 206 (33.0) 284 (45.4) 135 (21.6)
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 807 275 (34.1) 211 64 (30.3) 109 (51.7) 38 (18.0) 596 211 (35.4) 278 (46.6) 107 (18.0)
2012 832 276 (33.2) 212 64 (30.2) 98 (46.2) 50 (23.6) 620 212 (34.2) 295 (47.6) 113 (18.2)
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)

1Persons who were dead at diagnosis or died during therapy, and for whom TB or TB therapy was indicated as a cause of death.
2Six deaths were related to TB therapy in 2020.
3Year the case was counted, not the year the person died.

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