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Figure 1. Number of Tuberculosis Cases: California, 1930-2007
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Figure 2. Number of Tuberculosis Cases and Case Rates: California, 1998-2007
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Figure 3. Tuberculosis Cases by Race/Ethnicity: California, 2007
Asian/Pacific Islander1,262 (46.3%)
Hispanic993 (36.4%)
Unknown10 (0.4%)
Black 217 (8.0%)
American Indian/Alaska Native
6 (0.2%)
White237 (8.7%)
Figure 4. Tuberculosis Case Rates by Race/Ethnicity: California, 1998-2007
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Figure 5. Tuberculosis Cases in Foreign-born and U.S.-born Persons: California, 1998-2007
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Figure 6. Tuberculosis Cases by Country of Origin: California, 2007
U.S.-born590 (21.7%)
Foreign-born2,113 (77.5%)
Unknown22 (0.8%)
Philippines477 (22.6%)
Mexico603 (28.5%)
All Others776 (36.7%)
Vietnam257 (12.2%)
Figure 7. Tuberculosis Cases in Persons 0-4 Years of Age: California, 1998-2007
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Figure 8. Tuberculosis Cases by Verification Criteria: California, 2007
Provider Diagnosis201 (7.4%)
Positive Culture2,189 (80.3%)
Clinical Case326 (12.0%)
Positive Smear9 (0.3%)
Figure 9. Deaths in Persons with Tuberculosis: California, 1996-2005
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Figure 10. Tuberculosis Cases by AIDS Diagnosis*: California, 1995-2004
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Number of Tuberculosis Cases with AIDSPercent of Tuberculosis Cases with AIDS
Figure 11. AIDS-associated Tuberculosis* by Race/Ethnicity: California, 1995-2004
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Figure 12. Tuberculosis Cases with Multidrug-resistance (MDR) on Initial or Final Drug
Susceptibility Testing*: California, 1996-2005N
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Figure 13. Tuberculosis Cases with Initial Multidrug-resistance (MDR)*: California, 2003-2007
*Cases with initial drug resistance to at least isoniazid and rifampin.
Long BeachPasadena
BerkeleySan Francisco
25 Cases
15-24 Cases
5-14 Cases
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None
Initial MDR Cases:2003-2007
Figure 14. Tuberculosis Cases1 by Outcome of Therapy: California, 2005
Completed Therapy 12 Months1,975 (70.0%)
Completed Therapy >12 Months315 (11.2%)
Moved2
219 (7.8%)
Died204 (7.2%)
Lost3
37 (1.3%) Refused16 (0.6%)
Other15 (0.5%)
1 Patient alive at diagnosis and started on an initial drug regimen of one or more drugs.2 Patient moved to another jurisdiction with a known forwarding address before treatment was completed.3 Patient could not be located prior to the completion of treatment.
No Info42 (1.5%)
Figure 15. Outcome in Tuberculosis Cases for Whom One Year or Less of Treatment was
Indicated1: California, 2005
Completed Therapy 12 Months1,964 (71.8%)
Completed Therapy >12 Months274 (10.0%)
Moved2
207 (7.6%)
Died191 (7.0%)
Lost3
37 (1.4%)
Refused15 (0.5%)
Other15 (0.5%)
NoInformation 34 (1.2%)
1 Excludes cases with rifampin resistant disease, cases with meningeal disease, and cases less than 15 years of age with disseminated tuberculosis disease.2 Moved to another jurisdiction with a known forwarding address before treatment was completed.3 Patient could not be located prior to the completion of treatment.
Completed Therapy 12 Months11 (12.8%)
Completed Therapy >12 Months41 (47.7%)
Moved2
12 (14.0%)
Died13 (15.1%)
NoInformation 8 (9.3%)
1Includes cases with rifampin resistant disease, cases with meningeal disease, and cases less than 15 years of age with disseminated tuberculosis disease.
2 Patient moved to another jurisdiction with a known forwarding address before treatment was completed.3 Patient could not be located prior to the completion of treatment.
Refused1 (1.2%)
Figure 16. Outcome in Tuberculosis Cases for Whom Greater than One Year of
Treatment was Indicated1: California, 2005
Figure 17. Completion of Tuberculosis Therapy: California,1996-2005
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Note: Excludes cases with rifampin resistant disease, cases with meningeal disease, cases less than 15 years of age with disseminated tuberculosis disease, and those that died during treatment.