Tuberculosis Surveillance Data
Number of Tuberculosis Cases Reported 2002 - 2008
TB Case Rates per 100,000
| Year |
Nation |
Delaware |
New Castle |
Kent |
Sussex |
| 2008 |
4.2 |
2.7 |
2.9 |
0.7 |
3.9 |
| 2007 |
4.4 |
2.2 |
1.9 |
0.7 |
4.4 |
| 2006 |
4.6 |
3.4 |
3.3 |
0.7 |
6.2 |
| 2005 |
4.8 |
3.3 |
3.5 |
0 |
5.2 |
| 2004 |
4.9 |
4.0 |
2.9 |
4.4 |
7.0 |
| 2003 |
5.1 |
4.0 |
3.5 |
6.8 |
3.6 |
| 2002 |
5.2 |
3.1 |
2.6 |
2.3 |
5.5 |
TB Cases
| Year |
Nation |
Delaware |
New Castle |
Kent |
Sussex |
| 2008 |
12.898 |
23 |
15 |
1 |
7 |
| 2007 |
13,288 |
32 |
10 |
1 |
8 |
| 2006 |
13,767 |
29 |
17 |
1 |
11 |
| 2005 |
14,085 |
27 |
18 |
0 |
9 |
| 2004 |
14,516 |
33 |
15 |
6 |
12 |
| 2003 |
14,871 |
33 |
18 |
9 |
6 |
| 2002 |
15,078 |
25 |
13 |
3 |
9 |
Delaware's Ranking Among the States for TB Case Rates
| Year |
Rank |
| 2008 |
30 |
| 2007 |
32 |
| 2006 |
26 |
| 2005 |
25 |
| 2004 |
24 |
| 2003 |
26 |
| 2002 |
30 |
Delaware Tuberculosis Surveillance Report - 2008
| County |
Newly Diagnosed Cases |
Foreign-Born Cases |
HIV Positive Cases |
Culture Positive Cases |
INH Resistant Cultures |
Multi-Drug Resistant Cultures* |
Pediatric Cases (< 16 years)
|
| New Castle |
15 |
9 |
1 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Kent |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Sussex |
7 |
5 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| DELAWARE |
23 |
15 (65.2%) |
1 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Notes for 2008 TB cases:
0 cases were in a correctional facility at the time of diagnosis.
0 cases were residents in a long-term care facility at the time of diagnosis.
100% of TB cases received Directly Observed Therapy in 2008.
0 multi-drug resistant cases were treated in DE in 2008.
*Multi-Drug Resistance refers to strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis that are resistant to
at least Isoniazid and Rifampin.
