TABLE.
Number and rate* of tuberculosis cases and percentage change, by race and ethnicity — United States, 2012 and 2013†
| Race/Ethnicity | 2012 | 2013 | % change 2012 to 2013 | Population | ||||
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| No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | 2012 | 2013 | |
| Hispanic | 2,790 | 5.3 | 2,698 | 5.0 | (−3.3) | (−5.3) | 53,027,708 | 54,165,861 |
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| Black | 2,237 | 5.8 | 2,088 | 5.3 | (−6.7) | (−7.5) | 38,727,063 | 39,071,665 |
| Asian | 2,926 | 18.7 | 2,998 | 18.7 | (2.5) | (−0.3) | 15,619,997 | 16,050,150 |
| White | 1,571 | 0.8 | 1,427 | 0.7 | (−9.2) | (−9.2) | 197,705,655 | 197,823,217 |
| Other§ | 388 | 4.4 | 334 | 3.7 | (−13.9) | (−16.0) | 8,833,617 | 9,048,925 |
| Unknown | 28 | 43 | ||||||
| Total | 9,940 | 3.2 | 9,588 | 3.0 | (−3.5) | (−4.2) | 313,914,040 | 316,159,818 |
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Per 100,000 population.
†
Data for 2013 are provisional.
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Persons included in this category are American Indian/Alaska Native (2013, n = 125, rate = 5.4 per 100,000; 2012, n = 146, rate = 6.3 per 100,000); Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (2013, n = 58, rate = 10.9 per 100,000; 2012, n = 63, rate = 12.1 per 100,000); and multiple race (2013, n = 151, rate = 2.4 per 100,000; 2012, n = 179, rate = 3.0 per 100,000).