In 2019, about 8,920 TB cases were documented in the US with an incidence of 2.7 cases/100,000 persons. This represented a decrease by 1.1% from 2018. In 2015, about 10.4 million people developed symptomatic TB and 1.8 million died from the disease. In 2014, approximately 9,421 cases were documented in the United States, with an incidence of 3.0 cases/100 000 persons.  Since 1990, there has been a decrease in the mortality rate .  TB is more prevalent in older men.  Racial and ethnic minorities have a higher prevalence of TB than non-Hispanic whites. Coinfection with HIV is an important leading cause of death in TB. In 2015, 60% of the worldwide TB cases were in 6 countries: South Africa, Indonesia, China, Pakistan, India, and Nigeria. The WHO reported 24 other high-burden TB countries including Bangladesh, Korea, Columbia, Cambodia, Congo, Brazil, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Liberia, Vietnam, Kenya, Central Africa, Russia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Papua New Guinea, and Lesotho.
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