Tuberculosis: An Increasing Problem among Minorities in the United States

Although the number of tuberculosis cases reported annually in the United States has decreased markedly during the past three and a half decades, the decrease among whites has been considerably greater than among nonwhites. As a result of this widening gap, nearly two-thirds of the cases reported in...

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Published in:Public health reports (1974) 1989-11, Vol.104 (6), p.646-653
Main Authors: SNIDER, D. E. JR, SALINAS, L, KELLY, G. D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - complications
Adolescent
Adult
African Americans
Age groups
Aged
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Correctional institutions
Epidemiology
Hispanic Americans
Hispanics
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infections
Infectious diseases
Island life
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Minority & ethnic groups
Minority Groups
Prisons
Refugees
Risk Factors
Social research
Substance Abuse, Intravenous - complications
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis - epidemiology
Tuberculosis - ethnology
Tuberculosis - prevention & control
Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections
Tuberculosis control
United States - epidemiology
White people
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Summary:Although the number of tuberculosis cases reported annually in the United States has decreased markedly during the past three and a half decades, the decrease among whites has been considerably greater than among nonwhites. As a result of this widening gap, nearly two-thirds of the cases reported in 1987 occurred in minority populations and, for the first time in history, the number of cases among blacks exceeded the number of cases among non-Hispanic whites. From 1985 to 1987, tuberculosis among blacks increased 6.3 percent and among Hispanics, by 12.7 percent, but it decreased 4.8 percent among non-Hispanic whites. Much of the increase appears attributable to tuberculosis occurring among persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Although there are many obstacles to the elimination of the disease in minority populations, numerous strategies have been developed and are being implemented to address this situation.
ISSN:0033-3549
1468-2877