Quarterly Surveillance Report
January 1, 2012 - March 31, 2012
The tables below describe the epidemiology of the confirmed
cases of tuberculosis disease reported to the Minnesota Department of Health
from January 1, 2012 through March 31, 2012, and cumulatively to date in
2012.
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Table 1. Number of Cases of Tuberculosis by Location of
Residence, Minnesota
Table 2. Number of Cases of Tuberculosis by Race/Ethnicity,
Minnesota
Table 3. Number of Cases of Tuberculosis by Age,
Minnesota
Table 4. Number of Cases of Tuberculosis by Risk
Category, Minnesota
Table 5. Number of Cases of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis,
Minnesota
Table 6. Number of Cases of Tuberculosis by Site of Disease, Minnesota
Table 7. Number of Cases of Tuberculosis by Method of Case Identification, Minnesota
Table 1. Number of Cases of Tuberculosis
by Location of Residence, Minnesota |
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This Quarter |
This Year to Date |
| Location of Residence |
Number |
(%) |
Number |
(%) |
|
| Hennepin County |
10 |
0(37) |
10 |
0(37) |
| Ramsey County |
08 |
0(30) |
08 |
0(30) |
| Other Metropolitan Counties* |
05 |
0(19) |
05 |
0(19) |
| Olmsted County |
02 |
0(07) |
02 |
0(07) |
| Other Counties |
02 |
0(07) |
02 |
0(07) |
|
| Total |
27 |
(100) |
27 |
(100) |
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| *Anoka, Carver, Dakota,
Scott, and Washington counties |
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Table 2. Number of Cases
of Tuberculosis by Race/Ethnicity, Minnesota |
| |
This Quarter |
This Year to Date |
| Race/Ethnicity |
Number |
(%) |
Number |
(%) |
|
| White |
00 |
0(00) |
00 |
0(00) |
| Black |
11 |
0(41) |
11 |
0(41) |
| Hispanic/Latino |
07 |
0(26) |
07 |
0(26) |
| Asian |
09 |
0(33) |
09 |
0(33) |
| Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander |
00 |
0(00) |
00 |
0(00) |
| American Indian |
00 |
0(00) |
00 |
0(00) |
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| Total |
27 |
(100) |
27 |
(100) |
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Table 3. Number of Cases
of Tuberculosis by Age, Minnesota |
| |
This Quarter |
This Year to Date |
| Age |
Number |
(%) |
Number |
(%) |
|
| <5 years |
00 |
0(00) |
00 |
0(00) |
| 5-14 years |
03 |
0(11) |
03 |
0(11) |
| 15-24 years |
05 |
0(19) |
05 |
0(19) |
| 25-44 years |
09 |
0(33) |
09 |
0(33) |
| 45-64 years |
05 |
0(19) |
05 |
0(19) |
| >65 years |
05 |
0(19) |
05 |
0(19) |
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| Total |
27 |
(100) |
27 |
(100) |
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Table 4. Number of Cases
of Tuberculosis by Risk Category, Minnesota* |
| |
This Quarter (N=27) |
This Year to Date (N=27) |
| Risk Category |
Number |
(%) |
Number |
(%) |
|
Foreign-born
|
22 |
(81) |
22 |
(81) |
| Substance abuse† |
01 |
(04) |
01 |
(04) |
| Homeless |
00 |
(00) |
00 |
(00) |
| HIV-infected |
01 |
(04) |
01 |
(04) |
| Other Medical Condition** |
04 |
(15) |
04 |
(15) |
| Inmate |
00 |
(00) |
00 |
(00) |
| Nursing Home Resident |
00 |
(00) |
00 |
(00) |
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*Risk categories are not mutually
exclusive.
†Alcohol abuse and/or illicit drug use
**Silicosis, diabetes, prolonged corticosteroid therapy or other immunosuppressive therapy, hematologic/reticuloendothelial disease, end stage renal disease, substantial weight loss (not TB-related) or undernutrition |
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Table 5. Number of Cases
of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Minnesota |
| |
This Quarter (N=23)* |
This Year to Date (N=23)* |
| Resistance Pattern |
Number |
(%) |
Number |
(%) |
|
| Any drug resistance** |
2 |
(09) |
2 |
(09) |
| Any INH resistance† |
1 |
(04) |
1 |
(04) |
| MDR-TB‡ |
0 |
(00) |
00 |
(00) |
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*Culture-confirmed
cases with drug susceptibility results available
**Resistant to at least one first-line anti-TB drug [i.e., isoniazid (INH), rifampin,
pyrazinamide (PZA), or ethambutol]
†May also have resistance to other drugs
‡Multi-drug resistant TB (i.e., resistant to at least INH and rifampin) |
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Table 6. Number of Cases
Tuberculosis by Site of Disease, Minnesota |
| |
This Quarter |
This Year to Date |
| Site of Disease |
Number |
(%) |
Number |
(%) |
|
| Pulmonary |
17 |
0(63) |
17 |
0(63) |
| Extrapulmonary |
09 |
0(33) |
09 |
0(33) |
| Both* |
01 |
0(04) |
01 |
0(04) |
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| Total |
27 |
(100) |
27 |
(100) |
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| *TB cases with both pulmonary and extrapulmonary sites of disease, including miliary TB |
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Table 7. Number of Cases
of Tuberculosis by Method of Case Identification, Minnesota |
| |
This Quarter |
This Year to Date |
| How Identified |
Number |
(%) |
Number |
(%) |
|
| Presented with Symptoms |
24 |
0(89) |
24 |
0(89) |
| TB Contact Investigation |
02 |
0(07) |
02 |
0(07) |
| Refugee Health Exam (Domestic) |
01 |
0(04) |
01 |
0(04) |
| Pre-immigration Exam (Overseas) |
00 |
0(00) |
00 |
0(00) |
| Other* |
00 |
0(00) |
00 |
0(00) |
|
| Total |
27 |
(100) |
27 |
(100) |
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| *e.g., occupational screening, other targeted tuberculin skin testing, etc. |
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