Tuberculosis Surveillance Data
Number of Tuberculosis Cases Reported 2005 - 2011
TB Case Rates per 100,000*
| Year |
Nation |
Delaware |
New Castle |
Kent |
Sussex |
| 2011 |
3.4 |
2.3 |
2.4 |
2.5 |
2.0 |
| 2010 |
3.6 |
2.2 |
2.8 |
1.8 |
1.0 |
| 2009 |
3.8 |
2.1 |
2.4 |
1.9 |
1.5 |
| 2008 |
4.2 |
2.6 |
2.8 |
0.6 |
3.6 |
| 2007 |
4.4 |
2.2 |
1.9 |
0.6 |
4.3 |
| 2006 |
4.6 |
3.4 |
3.2 |
0.7 |
6.0 |
| 2005 |
4.8 |
3.2 |
3.4 |
0.0 |
5.1 |
Number of Active TB Cases
| Year |
Nation |
Delaware |
New Castle |
Kent |
Sussex |
| 2011 |
10,449 |
21 |
13 |
4 |
4 |
| 2010 |
11,104 |
20 |
15 |
3 |
2 |
| 2009 |
11,471 |
19 |
13 |
3 |
3 |
| 2008 |
12.874 |
23 |
15 |
1 |
7 |
| 2007 |
13,255 |
19 |
10 |
1 |
8 |
| 2006 |
13,669 |
29 |
17 |
1 |
11 |
| 2005 |
13,993 |
27 |
18 |
0 |
9 |
Rate* of Tuberculosis Cases - Unitred States, 2011
*2011 case rate per 100,000 based on a Delaware population of 897,934 |
2011 Delaware Tuberculosis Surveillance Report
| County |
Newly Diagnosed Cases |
Foreign-Born Cases |
HIV Positive Cases |
Sputum Culture Positive Cases |
Other Culture Positive Cases |
INH Resistant Cultures |
Multi-Drug Resistant Cultures* |
Pediatric Cases (<
16 years) |
| New Castle |
13 |
10 |
0 |
7 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Kent |
4 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Sussex |
4 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| DELAWARE |
21 |
16 (76%) |
0 |
12 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Notes for 2011 TB cases:
No cases were in a correctional facility at the time of diagnosis
No cases were residents in a long-term care facility at the time of diagnosis
100% of TB cases received Directly Observed Therapy
No multi-drug resistant cases^ were treated in Delaware
Two cases of TB (9.5%) statewide had a history of illicit drug and/or excessive alcohol use
^Multi-Drug Resistance refers to strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis that are resistant to
at least Isoniazid and Rifampin
