Table 1 Demographic characteristics of primary refugee arrivals to Minnesota and primary refugees diagnosed with tuberculosis disease in Minnesota, 1993–August 2019
From: Minnesota refugees diagnosed with tuberculosis disease, January 1993–August 2019
Characteristic | All primary refugee arrivals to Minnesota* | Primary refugees diagnosed with TB disease in Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | |
Total | 70,290 (100%) | 759 (1.1%) |
Nationality | ||
Somalia | 24,011 (34.2%) | 480 (63.2%) |
Burma | 8893 (12.7%) | 28 (3.7%) |
Hmong | 8457 (12.0%) | 72 (9.5%) |
Ethiopia | 5728 (8.2%) | 84 (11.1%) |
Liberia | 4002 (5.7%) | 30 (4.0%) |
Other | 19,199 (27.3%) | 65 (8.6%) |
Median age at U.S. arrival (IQR) | 19.8 (11.4–32.7) | 20.6 (16.4–34.7) |