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DRUG USE CONSEQUENCES
Table 24. Reported Tuberculosis Cases and Percent of Cases in Injecting
and Noninjecting Drug Users, 1996�2000
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Tuberculosis
Cases
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1996
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1997
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1998
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1999
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2000
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Total
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21,337
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19,851
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18,361
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17,531
|
16,377
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Number
with information on injecting drug use
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18,467
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17,678
|
16,849
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16,331
|
15,495
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Percent
with information on injecting drug use
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86.5
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89.1
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91.8
|
93.2
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94.6
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Injecting
drug users (%)1
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3.8
|
3.3
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2.9
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2.6
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2.5
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With
information on noninjecting drug use (number)
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18,265
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17,555
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16,730
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16,232
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15,454
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Percent
with information on noninjecting drug use
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85.6
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88.4
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91.1
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92.6
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94.4
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Noninjecting
drug users (%)1
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7.7
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7.8
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7.7
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7.1
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7.5
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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, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000.
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