Tuberculosis among foreign-born persons who had recently arrived in the United States--Hawaii, 1992-1993, and Los Angeles County, 1993.
During 1986-1994, the number of tuberculosis (TB) cases reported annually among foreign-born persons in the United States increased 55% (from 4925 to 7627), and the proportion of all cases accounted for by persons who were foreign-born increased from 22% to 32%--increases that reflect, in part, effects of recent immigration (1). The largest numbers of foreign-born persons with TB originated from Mexico, Philippines, and Vietnam; persons from these countries currently account for the largest numbers of recent immigrants to the United States (2). This report summarizes a review of foreign-born persons in whom TB was diagnosed in Hawaii during 1992-1993 and in Los Angeles County during 1993 and assesses the impact of screening on the identification of TB among foreign-born persons residing in the United States for < or = 1 year at the time of diagnosis.
D001208:Asia / Q000208:ethnology; D002489:Central America / Q000208:ethnology; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006254:Hawaii / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015141:Los Angeles / Q000453:epidemiology; D008403:Mass Screening; D008800:Mexico / Q000208:ethnology; D012036:Refugees / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology