DRUG USE CONSEQUENCES
Table 24. Reported Tuberculosis Cases and Percent of Cases in Injecting and Noninjecting Drug Users, 1996–2000
|
Tuberculosis Cases |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total |
21,337 |
19,851 |
18,361 |
17,531 |
16,377 |
|
Number with information on injecting drug use |
18,467 |
17,678 |
16,849 |
16,331 |
15,495 |
|
Percent with information on injecting drug use |
86.5 |
89.1 |
91.8 |
93.2 |
94.6 |
|
Injecting drug users (%)1 |
3.8 |
3.3 |
2.9 |
2.6 |
2.5 |
|
With information on noninjecting drug use (number) |
18,265 |
17,555 |
16,730 |
16,232 |
15,454 |
|
Percent with information on noninjecting drug use |
85.6 |
88.4 |
91.1 |
92.6 |
94.4 |
|
Noninjecting drug users (%)1 |
7.7 |
7.8 |
7.7 |
7.1 |
7.5 |
1Injecting
drug use within past 12 months. Percentages shown only for reporting areas
with information reported for > 75%
of cases.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000.
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