Volume 29, Number 7—July 2023
Dispatch
Tuberculosis Infection among Non–US-Born Persons and Persons ≥60 Years of Age, United States, 2019–2020
Rachel Woodruff
and Roque Miramontes
and Roque Miramontes
Table
Characteristics of non–US-born study participants >6 y of age and all study participants >60 years of age who were eligible for TB testing, United States, 2019–2020*
| Characteristic | Non–US-born persons ≥6 y, no. (%) |
All persons ≥60 y, no. (%) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive TB test | All | Positive TB test | All | ||
| All participants |
85 (100.0) |
837 (100.0) |
81 (100.0) |
1,123 (100.0) |
|
| Sex | |||||
| M | 42 (49.4) | 408 (48.7) | 43 (53.1) | 582 (51.8) | |
| F |
43 (50.6) |
429 (51.3) |
38 (46.9) |
541 (48.2) |
|
| Age group, y | |||||
| 6–14 | NA | 65 (7.8) | NA | NA | |
| 15–24 | NA | 72 (8.6) | NA | NA | |
| 25–44 | 28 (32.9) | 278 (33.2) | NA | NA | |
| 45–59 | 30 (35.3) | 244 (29.2) | NA | NA | |
| ≥60 |
24 (28.2) |
178 (21.3) |
81 (100.0) |
1,123 (100.0) |
|
| Race/ethnicity | |||||
| Non-Hispanic White | NA | 55 (6.6) | 17 (21.0) | 495 (44.1) | |
| Non-Hispanic Black/African American | NA | 113 (13.5) | 35 (43.2) | 357 (31.8) | |
| Hispanic/Mexican American | 30 (35.3) | 356 (42.5) | 19 (23.5) | 177 (15.8) | |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 43 (50.6) | 290 (34.6) | NA | 55 (4.9) | |
| Other |
NA |
23 (2.7) |
NA |
39 (3.5) |
|
| Poverty | |||||
| At or above poverty level | 60 (70.6) | 535 (63.9) | 51 (63.0) | 791 (70.4) | |
| Below poverty level | NA | 150 (17.9) | 14 (17.3) | 162 (14.4) | |
| Unknown |
NA |
NA |
16 (19.8) |
170 (15.1) |
|
| Education level | |||||
| No high school diploma | 32 (37.6) | 312 (37.3) | 26 (32.1) | 230 (20.5) | |
| High school graduate | 17 (20.0) | 133 (15.9) | 23 (28.4) | 300 (26.7) | |
| Beyond high school | 36 (42.4) | 391 (46.7) | 32 (39.5) | 592 (52.7) | |
| Unknown |
NA |
NA |
0 |
NA |
|
| Birthplace | |||||
| Within United States | 0 | 0 | 57 (70.4) | 945 (84.1) | |
| Outside United States |
85 (100.0) |
837 (100.0) |
24 (29.6) |
178 (15.9) |
|
| Time in the United States, y† | |||||
| <1 | NA | 29 (3.5) | NA | NA | |
| 1–4 | NA | 118 (14.1) | NA | 6 (33.7) | |
| ≥5 | 67 (78.8) | 653 (78.0) | 20 (83.3) | 162 (91.0) | |
| Unknown | NA | 37 (4.4) | NA | 6 (33.7) | |
*NA, not available (data not collected for this subpopulation or not reported because cell size <5). †Percentages were calculated using the numbers of persons born outside the United States as the denominator.
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