2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports: Data Tables Appendix: Table 8_2

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Table 8_2_8.1
Patients with tuberculosis who completed a curative course of treatment within 1 year of initiation of treatment,^a United States, 1998 and 2005
		2005		1998
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		82.8	0.3	79.1	0.32
Age	0–17	91.4	0.9	87.4	0.94
	18–44	82.2	0.5	76.6	0.50
	45–64	81.9	0.6	79.1	0.62
	65 and over	81.6	0.9	81.4	0.70
Race	Black	83.6	0.6	77.2	0.59
	White	83.0	0.5	79.8	0.47
	Other	81.4	0.7	80.3	0.66
Gender	Male	82.0	0.4	78.5	0.42
Gender	Female	84.1	0.5	80.1	0.51
Ethnicity	Hispanic	82.5	0.6	78.7	0.68
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic	82.9	0.4	79.2	0.37

^a Only cases with known age, sex, race, and ethnicity are shown in this table. Since 2004, the calculation of completion of therapy has been changed. Estimates are only for cases completing therapy within 12 months. Standard error was calculated assuming simple random sampling.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National TB Surveillance System.