Epidemiology (TB)

Utah, Nevada, and Wyoming Report Largest TB Increases in Nation

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, August 18th, 1997

Utah and two of its Western neighbors are among six states with the largest percentage increases in the number of tuberculosis (TB) cases in the nation from 1995 to 1996, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta.

But Utah Health Department officials warn those statistics can be misleading. Rather than look at percentages, they said, they say consider the actual number of cases.

There were 48 cases of TB in Utah in 1995 and 58 in 1996 - an increase officials said is minimal when looking at the past five years. Utah ranked fifth nationally. Nevada was sixth and Wyoming third.

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