TABLE 2.

Changes in Tuberculosis Case Rates Among US- and Foreign-Born Persons Between 1994 and 2007: United States

	US Born				Foreign Born
Age Group, y	No.	Population	Rateb	% Change	No.	Population	Rateb	% Change	Rate Ratioa
< 1 y				−18				−64
1994	136	3 971 344	3.4		6	13 143	45.7		13.4
2007	114	4 004 345	2.8		6	36 189	16.6		5.9
1–4 y				−55				−53
1994	717	16 196 537	4.4		126	288 748	43.6		9.9
2007	318	16 140 031	2.0		63	310 275	20.3		10.2
5–12 y				−58				−58
1994	343	29 733 594	1.2		203	1 134 380	17.9		14.9
2007	167	30 699 415	0.5		99	1 311 532	7.5		15.0
13–17 y				−36				−22
1994	190	17 294 315	1.1		187	1 131 164	16.5		15.0
2007	150	20 209 083	0.7		184	1 440 846	12.8		18.3
0–17y				−48				−44
1994	1386	67 195 970	2.1		522	2 567 435	20.3		9.7
2007	749	71 052 874	1.1		352	3 098 842	11.4		10.4
≥ 18 y				−70				−40
1994	15 006	169 102 131	8.9		7233	19 932 874	36.3		4.1
2007	5076	187 634 769	2.7		7469	34 270 338	21.8		8.1

^aForeign-born versus US-born case rates.

^bPer 100 000 population.