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

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Table 8_2_8.2d
Patients with tuberculosis who completed a curative course of treatment within 1 year of initiation of treatment, by ethnicity (foreign born only),^a United States, 2005
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		81.9	0.5	81.8	0.6	81.6	2.0	84.9	1.1	81.9	0.7
Age	0–17	91.9	1.4	91.0	2.0	DSU	DSU	91.7	2.7	93.2	2.0
	18–44	82.6	0.6	83.6	0.8	84.4	2.7	84.7	1.4	81.5	0.9
	45–64	80.6	1.0	79.7	1.2	83.9	3.8	81.1	3.1	82.1	1.6
	65 and over	77.4	1.3	77.3	1.6	75.8	4.4	DSU	DSU	77.6	2.5
Gender	Male	80.9	0.6	81.6	0.8	81.6	2.7	83.4	1.6	79.9	0.9
Gender	Female	83.3	0.7	82.1	0.9	81.6	2.9	86.8	1.6	86.0	1.2

^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.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality (number of patients < 50).

Key: SE: standard error.

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