Reports on HIV/AIDS: 1990

MARCH 16, 1990, MMWR, Vol. 39, No. 10, pp. 153-156

FIGURE 1. Observed
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TABLE 1. Number, rate, and change in number of cases for reported persons with
tuberculosis, by sex, age group, and race/ethnicity - United States, 1985 and 1988
1985 1988 Change (1985 to 1988)
Characteristic No. No. Rate* No. (%)
Sex
Male 14,496 14,680 12.3 +184 +1.3
Female 7,704 7,755 6.2 +51 +0.7
Unknown 1 1 - 0 0
Age (yrs)
0-4 789 687 3.7 -102 -12.9
5-14 472 447 1.3 -25 -5.3
15-24 1,672 1,616 4.3 -56 -3.3
25-44 6,758 7,719 9.8 +-961 +14.2
45-64 6,138 5,861 12.7 -277 -4.5
>65 6,356 6,092 20.1 -264 -4.2
Unknown 16 14 - -2 -12.5
Race/Ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic 8,453 7,720 4.1 -733 -8.7
Black, non-Hispanic 7,592 8,280 28.3 + 688 +9.1
Hispanic 3,092 3,637 18.3 + 545 +17.6
Asian/Pacific Islander 2,530 2,371 36.3 -159 -6.3
American Indian/
Alaskan Native 397 308 18.1 -89 -22.4
Othert/Unknown 137 120 - -17 -12.4
Total 22,201 22,436 9.1 + 235 + 1.1
*Per 100,000 population.
tlncludes blacks and whites of unknown ethnicity.

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