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. 2010 Jan 22;5(1):e8851. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008851

Table 1. Number of TB cases, HIV+ TB cases, and TB cases with missing HIV status, in the San Francisco homeless and non-homeless populations.

Homeless Non-homeless
TB cases HIV+ Unknown HIV Status TB cases HIV+ Unknown HIV Status
1993–2005 387 144 (37%) 69 (17%) 2329 233 (10%) 1269 (54%)
1996–2005 262 95 (36%) 42 (16%) 1579 122 (7.7%) 859 (54%)
1999–2005 158 68 (43%) 20 (12%) 982 63 (6.4%) 548 (55.8%)
2002–2005 84 36 (43%) 8 (9.5%) 478 33 (7%) 250 (53%)
2005 18 8 (44%) 1 (5%) 113 5 (4%) 54 (48%)

Over time, HIV status reporting has improved among the homeless, while it has remained at low levels, and almost constant, among the non-homeless (third column under each population category). At the same time, the percentage of HIV+ TB cases has increased among the homeless, but it has slightly declined among the non-homeless (second column under each population category). To compare against the CDC estimates for 2005 (18), related numbers from the SFDPH TBCP data are also provided for that year.