Volume 30, Number 1—January 2024
Research
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Tuberculosis Incidence, Arkansas, USA, 2010–2021
Maheen Humayun, Leonard Mukasa, Wen Ye, Joseph H. Bates, and Zhenhua Yang
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of 932 TB patients diagnosed in Arkansas, USA, during 2010–2021*
| Characteristic | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Diagnosis confirmation | |
| Bacteriologically confirmed | 669 (71.78) |
| Clinically diagnosed |
263 (28.22) |
| TB disease site | |
| Pulmonary | 713 (76.50) |
| Extrapulmonary | 164 (17.60) |
| Both |
55 (5.90) |
| Sputum smear result | |
| Positive | 333 (35.73) |
| Negative | 473 (50.75) |
| Not done |
126 (13.52) |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| Hispanic | 125 (13.41) |
| Asian | 109 (11.70) |
| Non-Hispanic Black/African American | 245 (26.29) |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 138 (14.81) |
| Non-Hispanic White | 310 (33.26) |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 (0.43) |
| Multirace |
1 (0.11) |
| Sex | |
| F | 336 (36.05) |
| M | 589 (63.20) |
| Unknown |
7 (0.75) |
| Age group | |
| 0–14 y | 92 (9.87) |
| 15–24 y | 85 (9.12) |
| 25–44 y | 253 (27.15) |
| 45–64 y | 282 (30.26) |
| ≥65 y |
220 (23.61) |
| Origin of birth | |
| US born | 613 (65.77) |
| Non-US born |
319 (34.23) |
| Year | |
| 2010 | 76 (8.15) |
| 2011 | 85 (9.12) |
| 2012 | 71 (7.62) |
| 2013 | 72 (7.73) |
| 2014 | 93 (9.98) |
| 2015 | 90 (9.66) |
| 2016 | 91 (9.76) |
| 2017 | 85 (9.12) |
| 2018 | 76 (8.15) |
| 2019 | 65 (6.97) |
| 2020 | 59 (6.33) |
| 2021 | 69 (7.40) |
*Percentages may not total 100 because of rounding. TB, tuberculosis.
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