Table 1. Age-adjusted NTM and tuberculosis-related mortality rates per 100,000 person-years and Age-adjusted mortality rate ratios by gender, race/ethnicity, urbanization and age group, United States, 1999–2010.
| Demographiccharacteristics | NTM | Tuberculosis | ||
| Number of deaths (%) | Age-adjusted mortalityrate (95% CI)* | Number of deaths (%) | Age-adjusted mortalityrate (95% CI) | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 1432 (48) | 0.09 (0.08–0.09) | 5005 (61) | 0.32 (0.31–0.33) |
| Female | 1558 (52) | 0.07 (0.06–0.07) | 3154 (39) | 0.13 (0.13–0.14) |
| Race | ||||
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 18 (6) | UR** | 201(2) | 0.92 (0.78–1.06) |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 112 (4) | 0.09 (0.07–0.10) | 1044 (13) | 0.94 (0.88–1.00) |
| Black or African American | 293 (10) | 0.07 (0.07–0.08) | 2067 (25) | 0.57 (0.55–0.60) |
| White | 2567 (86) | 0.08 (0.07–0.08) | 4847 (59) | 0.15 (0.15–0.16) |
| Hispanic | ||||
| Hispanic or Latino | 128 (4) | 0.03 (0.02–0.03) | 1179 (14) | 0.44 (0.41–0.47) |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 2856 (96) | 0.08 (0.07–0.08) | 6911 (85) | 0.21 (0.20–0.21) |
| Urbanization | ||||
| Large Central Metro | 858 (29) | 0.08 (0.07–0.08) | 3373 (41) | 0.32 (0.31–0.33) |
| Large Fringe Metro | 593 (20) | 0.07 (0.06–0.08) | 1327 (16) | 0.15 (0.14–0.16) |
| Medium Metro | 709 (24) | 0.08 (0.08–0.09) | 1515 (19) | 0.21 (0.20–0.22) |
| Small Metro | 242 (8) | 0.06 (0.05–0.07) | 668 (8) | 0.20 (0.18–0.21) |
| Micropolitan (non-metro) | 376 (12) | 0.10 (0.09–0.106) | 721 (9) | 0.17 (0.16–0.18) |
| NonCore (non-metro) | 212 (7) | 0.06 (0.05–0.06) | 555 (7) | 0.20 (0.19–0.22) |
| Age (in years) | ||||
| <1 | 3 (0.1) | UR | 12 (0.2) | UR |
| 1–4 years | 4 (0.1) | UR | 21 (0.3) | 0.01 (0.01–0.02) |
| 5–14 | 8 (0.3) | UR | 17 (0.2) | UR |
| 15–24 | 18 (0.6) | UR | 106 (1) | 0.02 (0.02–0.03) |
| 25–34 | 46 (2) | 0.01 (0.01–0.02) | 214 (3) | 0.04 (0.04–0.05) |
| 35–44 | 102 (3) | 0.02 (0.02–0.02) | 452 (6) | 0.09 (0.80–0.09) |
| 45–54 | 219 (7) | 0.04 (0.04–0.05) | 1005 (12) | 0.2 (0.19–0.21) |
| 55–64 | 399 (13) | 0.11 (0.10–0.12) | 1176 (14) | 0.33 (0.31–0.35) |
| 65–74 | 617 (21) | 0.27 (0.24–0.29) | 1537 (19) | 0.66 (0.63–0.70) |
| 75–84 | 1006 (34) | 0.65 (0.61–0.69) | 2241 (27) | 1.45 (1.39–1.51) |
| 85+ | 568 (19) | 1 (0.92–1.08) | 1374 (17) | 2.42 (2.29–2.55) |
| Total | 2990 (100) | 0.075 | 8159 (100) | 0.22 |
* 95% CIs: 95% Confidence intervals,
**UR: Unreliable.