Volume 15, Number 7—July 2009
Dispatch
Latent Tuberculosis and Active Tuberculosis Disease Rates among the Homeless, New York, New York, USA, 1992–2006
John M. McAdam, Scott J. Bucher, Philip W. Brickner
, Richard L. Vincent, and Steven Lascher
, Richard L. Vincent, and Steven LascherTable 1
Number of tuberculin skin test screenings, by site, New York, NY, USA, January 1992–June 2006
| Year | Shelters |
Drop-in centers |
Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 1992 | 972 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 972 | |
| 1993 | 802 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 802 | |
| 1994 | 822 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 822 | |
| 1995 | 967 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 967 | |
| 1996 | 1,419 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,419 | |
| 1997 | 1,320 | 141 | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | 1,506 | |
| 1998 | 1,208 | 533 | 160 | 2 | 6 | 6 | – | 3 | 1,918 | |
| 1999 | 1,110 | 550 | 172 | 172 | 167 | 112 | 131 | 151 | 2,565 | |
| 2000 | 1,141 | 628 | 114 | 187 | 173 | 166 | 113 | 167 | 2,689 | |
| 2001 | 1,153 | 740 | 243 | 180 | 169 | 159 | 91 | 86 | 2,821 | |
| 2002 | 1,147 | 717 | 428 | 157 | 141 | 150 | 117 | 85 | 2,942 | |
| 2003 | 1,441 | 782 | 441 | 132 | 134 | 96 | 122 | 46 | 3,194 | |
| 2004 | 1,548 | 1,065 | 209 | 126 | 132 | 86 | 93 | 87 | 3,346 | |
| 2005 | 1,958 | 1,443 | 78 | 127 | 182 | 145 | 121 | 39 | 4,093 | |
| 2006* |
1,016 |
722 |
17 |
66 |
91 |
85 |
51 |
4 |
2,052 |
|
| Total | 18,024 | 7,321 | 1,907 | 1,149 | 1,195 | 1,005 | 839 | 668 | 32,108 | |
*January–June.
