Office of National Drug Control Policy -- 2003 National Drug Control Strategy

Table 29. Reported Tuberculosis Cases and Percent of Cases in Injecting and Noninjecting Drug Users, 1996–2001

Tuberculosis Cases	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Total	21,337	19,851	18,361	17,531	16,377	15,989
Number with information on injecting drug use	18,467	17,678	16,849	16,331	15,495	14,871
Percent with information on injecting drug use	86.5	89.1	91.8	93.2	94.6	93.0
Injecting drug users (%)¹	3.8	3.3	2.9	2.6	2.5	2.3
With information on noninjecting drug use (number)	18,265	17,555	16,730	16,232	15,454	14,780
Percent with information on noninjecting drug use	85.6	88.4	91.1	92.6	94.4	92.4
Noninjecting drug users (%)¹	7.7	7.8	7.7	7.1	7.5	7.2
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, 1996–2001.