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Quarterly Surveillance Report
July 1 – Sept. 30, 2022

Quarterly summary of the epidemiology of the confirmed cases of TB disease reported to the Minnesota Department of Health from July 1 - Sept. 30, 2022.

Updated 10/2022

NOTE: Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding.

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On this page:
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

 

This Quarter

This Year to Date

Location of Residence

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

Hennepin County 7 (24) 23 (29)
Ramsey County 7 (24) 19 (24)
Other Metropolitan Counties* 6 (21) 18 (23)
Olmsted County 2 (7) 3 (4)
Other Counties 7 (24) 16 (20)
Total 29 (100) 79 (100)

*Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Scott, and Washington counties

Table 2. Number of Cases of Tuberculosis by Race/Ethnicity, Minnesota

 

This Quarter

This Year to Date

Race/Ethnicity

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

White 3 (10) 6 (8)
Black 10 (34) 29 (37)
Hispanic/Latino 1 (3) 5 (6)
Asian 14 (48) 36 (46)
Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 1 (3) 2 (3)
American Indian 0 0 1 (1)
Multi-Racial 0 0 0 0
Total 29 (100) 79 (100)

Table 3. Number of Cases of Tuberculosis by Age, Minnesota

 

This Quarter

This Year to Date

Age

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

<5 years 1 (3) 6 (8)
5-14 years 0 0 4 (5)
15-24 years 5 (17) 13 (16)
25-44 years 10 (34) 28 (35)
45-64 years 8 (28) 15 (19)
> 65 years 5 (17) 13 (16)
Total 29 (100) 79 (100)

Table 4. Number of Cases of Tuberculosis by Risk Category, Minnesota*

 

This Quarter
(N=29)

This Year to Date
(N=79)

Risk Category

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

Non-U.S.-born  24 (83) 57 (72)
Substance use** 4 (14) 11 (14)
Homelessness 2 (7) 3 (4)
Living with HIV 1 (3) 1 (1)
Other medical condition+ 13 (45) 38 (48)
Incarceration 0 0 0 0
Nursing home resident 0 0 1 (1)

*Risk categories are not mutually exclusive
**Excess alcohol use or injection and/or non-injection drug use (not prescribed by health care provider or misuse of prescribed drugs)
+Silicosis, diabetes, prolonged corticosteroid therapy or other immunosuppressive therapy, hematologic/reticuloendothelial disease, end stage renal disease, substantial weight loss (not TB-related) or undernutrition

Table 5. Number of Cases of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Minnesota

 

This Quarter (N=20)*

This Year to Date (N=60)*

Resistance Pattern

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

Any drug resistance** 1 (5) 7 (12)
Any INH resistance+ 1 (5) 6 (10)
MDR-TB# 0 0 2 (3)

*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
# Primary multi-drug resistant TB (i.e., resistance to at least INH and rifampin from initial isolates of patients with no prior history of TB)

Table 6. Number of Cases Tuberculosis by Site of Disease, Minnesota

 

This Quarter

This Year to Date

Site of Disease

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

Pulmonary 19 (66) 49 (62)
Extrapulmonary 8 (28) 20 (25)
Both* 2 (7) 10 (13)
Site not specified 0 0 0 0
Total 29 (100) 79 (100)

*TB cases with both pulmonary and extrapulmonary sites of disease

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 27 (93) 63 (80)
TB Contact Investigation 1 (3) 9 (11)
Refugee Health Exam (Domestic) 1 (3) 1 (1)
Follow-up to Pre-Immigration Exam* 0 0 1 (1)
Other** 0 0 5 (6)
Total 29 (100) 79 (100)

*Infectious, active TB disease ruled out overseas
**e.g., occupational screening, other targeted TB testing, etc.

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Last Updated: 11/10/2022

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