Table 2.

Completeness and consistency of data elements reported to the National Tuberculosis Surveillance System by type of reporting system, United States, 2009.

		TIMSb		Commercial		State developed		NEDSS-basec		eRVCTd
		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Total reported TB cases		4266	100.0	470	100.0	2815	100.0	2852	100.0	1117	100.0
Resident in correctional facility
	No	3438	80.6	463	98.5	2689	95.5	2654	93.1	1065	95.3
	Unknown/ Missing	729	17.1	0	0.0	16	0.6	1	0.0	0	0.0
	Yes	99	2.3	7	1.5	110	3.9	197	6.9	52	4.7
Type of correctional facility indicateda		92	92.9	7	100.0	100	90.9	197	100.0	51	98.1
History of TB		222	100.0	20	100.0	130	100.0	89	100.0	31	100.0
Year of TB reported		195	87.8	18	90.0	124	95.4	88	98.9	30	96.8
Year of TB missing		27	12.2	2	10.0	6	4.6	1	1.1	1	3.2
Alive at time of TB diagnosis		4182	100.0	466	100.0	2747	100.0	2787	100.0	1094	100.0
Date of death indicated		N/A	N/A	8	1.7	40	1.5	0	0.0	0	0.0
Patient < 15 years of age		N/A	N/A	32	100.0	153	100.0	214	100.0	44	100.0
Guardian country of birth		N/A	N/A	28	87.5	119	77.8	189	88.3	36	81.8
Patient 15 years of age or older		N/A	N/A	438	100.0	2662	100.0	2638	100.0	1073	100.0
Guardian country of birth		N/A	N/A	1	0.2	63	2.4	8	0.3	2	0.2

^aAmong patients who were residents at correctional facilities at the time of diagnosis.

^bTuberculosis Information Management System.

^cNational Electronic Disease Surveillance System.

^dElectronic Report of Verified Case of Tuberculosis.