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Table 78b: Tuberculosis patients who complete a curative course of treatment within 12 months of initiation of treatment, by ethnicity, United States, 2000

					Non-Hispanic
	All persons		Hispanic^*		All races^**		White		Black
Population group	Percent complete	Number^***	Percent complete	Number^***	Percent complete	Number^***	Percent complete	Number^***	Percent complete	Number^***

Total	80.2	11,427	79.8	2,701	80.3	8,726	81.2	2,461	80.7	3,596

Age
0-17	89.8	1,027	88.6	379	90.5	648	91.0	111	90.9	369
18-44	78.1	5,071	77.9	1,447	78.2	3,624	79.6	701	76.9	1,656
45-64	80.4	3,269	80.4	583	80.3	2,686	80.0	822	81.5	1,112
65 and over	81.0	2,060	78.3	292	81.5	1,768	82.6	827	86.1	459

Gender
Female	80.4	4,373	82.5	1,039	79.7	3,334	80.2	844	81.1	1,310
Male	80.1	7,054	78.3	1,662	80.7	5,392	81.7	1,617	80.4	2,286

^*Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

^**Includes persons of other single races and persons of multiple race.

^***Numbers shown are for numerators only.

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National TB Surveillance System.

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