Tuberculosis disease cases* and incidence,^¶ by patient US birth origin status^Δ◊ — National Tuberculosis Surveillance System, United States, 2012-2022

US: United States.

* Case counts are based on data from the National Tuberculosis Surveillance System as of March 6, 2023.

¶ Cases per 100,000 persons. The Current Population Survey provides the population denominators used to calculate tuberculosis incidence according to national origin and racial and ethnic group. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/cps.html (Accessed February 3, 2023).

Δ A person is considered US-born if eligible for US citizenship at birth, regardless of place of birth. Birth origin was missing or unknown for 232 (2.8%) cases during 2022. Among those, 180 (77.6%) had country of birth reported, and birth origin was defined as US-born for persons reporting birth in the United States or US territories and as non–US-born for persons born outside the United States and its territories.