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Volume 32, Number 3—March 2026

Research

Tuberculosis before and during COVID-19 Pandemic, United States, 2010–2023

Pei-Jean I. FengComments to Author , Christina R. Phares, Robert Pratt, and Julie L. Self
Author affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Table 7

Number of observed and predicted tuberculosis cases reported to the National TB Surveillance System, by origin of birth, United States, 2020–2023*

Year All
 US-born
 Non–US-born
No. observed No. predicted No. observed No. predicted No. observed No. predicted
2020 7,170 8,822 2,009 2,384 5,151 6,273
2021 7,866 8,703 2,170 2,278 5,676 6,168
2022 8,332 8,578 2,127 2,178 6,195 6,144
2023 9,633 8,464 2,293 2,078 7,319 6,268
Total 33,001 34,567 8,599 8,918 24,341 24,852

*Predicted (counterfactual) frequencies estimated from Poisson models of NTSS data with predictors representing the year the case was counted, the previous year’s TB case count, and an offset representing the size of the US population from the US Census Bureau. Persons born in the United States, certain US territories, or elsewhere to >1 US citizen parent are categorized as US-born. All other persons are categorized as non–US-born. Persons with unknown origin of birth were excluded from the stratified analysis.

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