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US-Born and Not US-Born Cases in the United States
US-Born and Not US-Born Cases in the United States
This graph is a breakdown of the percentage of the different racial demographics of tuberculosis diagnoses in the United States. It also compares the percent of diagnosed cases within racial demographics based on whether or not they were born in the United States. As an example, of the cases diagnosed in US-born people, 5% were Asian; of the cases diagnosed in non-US-Born people, 48% were Asian.
For decades in the United States, Asians have had the highest rate of diagnosed tuberculosis cases despite making up only about 6.10% of the population (as of 2021). While the 5% of U.S.-born cases being Asian is close to the percentage of the population that Asians make up, the 48% of all non-U.S.-born cases being found in Asians does not—especially when 71% of American tuberculosis cases in 2020 were found in people not born in the United States, meaning 34.08% (48% of 71%) of all tuberculosis cases were non-U.S.-born Asians. This also means that about 35.53% of all cases in the United States were found in Asians when you include the 1.45% (5% of 29%) from U.S.-born Asians. To complicate matters further, a study based in Flushing Hospital in Queens found that Asians are also the most likely to have drug-resistant (sometimes multi drug-resistant) tuberculosis even if they have never been diagnosed or treated for tuberculosis prior.
% of Population in the United States (some races unlisted)
% of Population in the United States (some races unlisted)
This graph represents the percentage of the American population that each race makes up (according to the 2021 census estimation).
This is the spreadsheet we generated the graphs from; it lists each percentage. If you're interested, please click to check it out!
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