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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Immigr Minor Health. 2021 Aug;23(4):806–812. doi: 10.1007/s10903-020-01065-8

Table 2.

LTBI prevalence and TB reactivation rates among persons who have been in the United States for < 10 years, by non-U.S.-born population, 2011–2012

Non-U.S.-born population in the United States less than 10 yearsa LTBI prevalence % (95% confidence interval) TB reactivation rate (95% confidence interval) per 100 person-years
Philippinesb 39.7 (18.9, 65.0) 0.187 (0.114, 0.393)
India 34.7 (19.8, 53.3) 0.128 (0.083, 0.224)
Chinab 24.3 (10.7, 46.2) 0.116 (0.061, 0.264)
Mexicob 5.9 (1.1, 25.3) 0.367 (0.085, 1.906)
Vietnamc
Top 5 countries (Aggregate)d 15.6 (9.5, 24.5) 0.207 (0.132, 0.339)
Non-Hispanic Asian, Non-Hispanic Black, or Hispanic 14.8 (9.5, 22.2) 0.256 (0.170, 0.397)
Non-Hispanic Whitec
All 12.4 (7.5, 20.0) 0.269 (0.167, 0.448)
a

Includes all non-U.S.-born persons between 6 and 9 years old and those persons over 9 years old who had been in the United States for less than 10 years

b

Relative standard error > 30% indicates an unreliable estimate

c

Results for Vietnam are not available due to cell suppression; results for non-Hispanic white are not available because sample size was too small to calculate estimates

d

Results for China, India, Mexico, Philippines, and Vietnam as a single population