Trends in Tuberculosis—United States, 2007

Pratt et al report the trends of tuberculosis in the US. In 2007, a total of 13,293 tuberculosis (TB) cases were reported in the US; the TB rate declined 4.2% from 2006 to 4.4 cases per 100,000 population. This report summarizes provisional 2007 data from the National TB Surveillance System and desc...

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Published in:	JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 299; no. 18; pp. 2142 - 2144
Main Authors:	Pratt, R, Robison, V, Navin, T, Menzies, H
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago American Medical Association 14-05-2008
Subjects:	Drug therapy Medical statistics Minority & ethnic groups Tuberculosis United States > US
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Summary:	Pratt et al report the trends of tuberculosis in the US. In 2007, a total of 13,293 tuberculosis (TB) cases were reported in the US; the TB rate declined 4.2% from 2006 to 4.4 cases per 100,000 population. This report summarizes provisional 2007 data from the National TB Surveillance System and describes trends since 1993. The TB incidence rate in 2007 was the lowest recorded since national reporting began in 1953. Despite this overall improvement, progress has slowed in recent years; the average annual percentage decline in the TB rate slowed from 7.3% per year during 1993-2000 to 3.8% during 2000-2007. "A CDC editorial note is included."
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23
ISSN:	0098-7484 1538-3598
DOI:	10.1001/jama.299.18.2142