Trends and Disparities in TB among U.S.-born Black and White Chicago Residents, 1998-2008

Authors

Susan A. Lippold, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and PreventionFollow
Lori Armstrong, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and PreventionFollow
Jennifer M. Carter, Healthy Communities InstituteFollow
Xiomara Hardison, Chicago Department of Public HealthFollow

Keywords

Tuberculosis; health equity; health disparity; African-American; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; urban tuberculosis; non-Hispanic black; non-Hispanic white; tuberculosis epidemiology

Disciplines

Bacterial Infections and Mycoses | Epidemiology | Public Health | Race and Ethnicity

Abstract

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To describe the decline of tuberculosis (TB) cases among U.S.-born non-Hispanic (NH) black and white Chicago residents.

METHODS: Data from the National TB Surveillance System was used to analyze trends and characteristics of reported TB cases among U.S.-born NH black and U.S.-born NH white Chicago residents from 1998-2008.

RESULTS: Chicago reported a total of 3,821 TB cases over the 11-year time period. Of these, 1,916 were U.S.-born NH black and 235 were U.S.-born NH white. The proportion of cases attributable to U.S.-born NH blacks was 63% (294/469) in 1998 and 34% in 2008 (72/213). Analysis for trends from 2000-2008 revealed a greater than predicted decrease in rates among U.S.-born NH blacks (p

CONCLUSION: Despite more TB risk factors in Chicago’s U.S.-born black population, there was a narrowing of TB case disparity in Chicago from 1998-2008. Continued focused strategies aimed at controlling TB are needed.

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Recommended Citation

Lippold, Susan A.; Armstrong, Lori; Carter, Jennifer M.; and Hardison, Xiomara (2014) "Trends and Disparities in TB among U.S.-born Black and White Chicago Residents, 1998-2008," Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice: Vol. 7: Iss. 2, Article 6.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/jhdrp/vol7/iss2/6