September 30, 2004

National Data, By Edwin S. Rubenstein

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Table 1:

Tuberculosis Among Foreign- and U.S.-born
	Number of Cases		Rate per 100,000 Population		Foreign Born
Year	U.S. Born	Foreign-born	U.S. Born	Foreign-born	as % All cases
1993	17,464	7,354	7.4	33.6	29.6%
1994	16,278	7,627	6.8	33.9	31.9%
1995	14,772	7,930	6.1	34.2	34.9%
1996	13,333	7,704	5.5	32.3	36.6%
1997	11,898	7,702	4.9	31.2	39.3%
1998	10,675	7,591	4.3	30.0	41.6%
1999	9,809	7,553	4.0	29.2	43.5%
2000	8,714	7,554	3.5	24.1	46.4%
2001	7,845	7,865	3.1	24.2	50.1%
2002	7,296	7,659	2.9	23.1	51.2%
2003	6,903	7,902	2.7	23.6	53.4%

Source: Centers For Disease Control, Tuberculosis Surveillance Reports, 2003.

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Table 2:

Tuberculosis Cases: The Ten Largest State Caseloads, 2003
				Foreign-born as
State	Total(a)	U.S.-born Persons	Foreign-born Persons	Percent of Total
U.S.	14,805	6,903	7,902	53.4%
California	3,204	783	2421	75.6%
Texas	1,593	882	711	44.6%
New York	1,465	488	977	66.7%
Florida	1,046	577	469	44.8%
Illinois	632	361	271	42.9%
Georgia	517	367	150	29.0%
New Jersey	494	147	347	70.2%
Pennsylvania	336	193	143	42.6%
Virginia	332	128	204	61.4%
Arizona	291	120	171	58.8%

a. Cases for which nativty of the patient is known.
Source: Centers For Disease Control, Tuberculosis Surveillance Reports, 2003.

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Edwin S. Rubenstein (email him) is President of ESR Research Economic Consultants in Indianapolis.

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