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.