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National Drug Control Strategy
Update 2003

February 2003

Table 29. Reported Tuberculosis Cases and Percent of Cases in Injecting and Noninjecting Drug Users, 1996–2001

Tuberculosis Cases 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Total 21,337 19,851 18,361 17,531 16,377 15,989
Number with information on injecting drug use 18,467 17,678 16,849 16,331 15,495 14,871
Percent with information on injecting drug use 86.5 89.1 91.8 93.2 94.6 93.0
Injecting drug users (%)1 3.8 3.3 2.9 2.6 2.5 2.3
With information on noninjecting drug use (number) 18,265 17,555 16,730 16,232 15,454 14,780
Percent with information on noninjecting drug use 85.6 88.4 91.1 92.6 94.4 92.4
Noninjecting drug users (%)1 7.7 7.8 7.7 7.1 7.5 7.2
  1Injecting drug use within past 12 months. Percentages shown only for reporting areas with information reported for 75% of cases.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 1996–2001.

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