Immigrant Arrival and Tuberculosis among Large Immigrant- and Refugee-Receiving Countries, 2005–2009
Table 2
Top source countries for foreign-born TB cases, 2005–2009.
Australia
Canada
New Zealand
United Kingdom
United States
Country
Number
%
Country
Number
%
Country
Number
%
Country
Number
%
Country
Number
%
India
1004
19.9
India
912
17.1
India
285
26.0
India
7009
24.4
Mexico
9098
24.1
Vietnam
551
10.9
China
795
14.9
China
124
11.3
Pakistan
4811
16.7
Philippines
4302
11.4
China
433
8.6
Philippines
759
14.3
Philippines
75
6.8
Somalia
3056
10.6
Vietnam
2885
7.7
Philippines
406
8.1
Vietnam
352
6.6
Samoa
58
5.3
Bangladesh
1229
4.3
India
2869
7.6
Indonesia
246
4.9
Pakistan
190
3.6
South Korea
55
5.0
Zimbabwe
1222
4.3
China
2019
5.4
Papua New Guinea
170
3.4
Ethiopia
149
2.8
South Africa
35
3.2
Nigeria
905
3.2
Guatemala
1154
3.1
Sudan
159
3.2
Somalia
144
2.7
Cambodia
35
3.2
Kenya
653
2.3
Haiti
1067
2.8
Nepal
123
2.4
Haiti
131
2.5
New
33
3.0
South Africa
560
2.0
Ethiopia
887
2.4
United Kingdom
97
1.9
Sri Lanka
110
2.1
Somalia
30
2.7
Philippines
543
1.9
Honduras
853
2.3
Somalia
96
1.9
Unknown
106
2.0
Tonga
30
2.7
Afghanistan
457
1.6
South Korea
832
2.2
Sri Lanka
88
1.8
South Korea
103
1.9
Malaysia
25
2.3
Uganda
446
1.6
Somalia
786
2.1
Bangladesh
88
1.8
Afghanistan
85
1.6
United Kingdom
21
1.9
Sri Lanka
440
1.5
El Salvador
713
1.9
Myanmar
85
1.7
Bangladesh
79
1.5
Indonesia
21
1.9
China
421
1.5
Peru
692
1.8
Cambodia
84
1.7
Republic of Congo
73
1.4
Vietnam
20
1.8
Nepal
414
1.4
Ecuador
601
1.6
Pakistan
79
1.6
Sudan
60
1.1
Fiji
20
1.8
Eritrea
390
1.4
Cambodia
475
1.3
Afghanistan
78
1.6
Italy
53
1.0
Thailand
19
1.7
Ethiopia
274
0.95
Dominican Republic
434
1.2
Thailand
75
1.5
Cambodia
52
1.0
Myanmar
18
1.6
Republic of Congo
272
0.95
Pakistan
407
1.1
Ethiopia
74
1.5
Nepal
51
1.0
Ethiopia
18
1.6
Jamaica
246
0.86
Kenya
366
0.97
Malaysia
57
1.1
Kenya
45
0.8
Zimbabwe
15
1.4
Ghana
246
0.86
Myanmar
349
0.93
New Zealand
54
1.1
Eritrea
44
0.8
Kiribati
13
1.2
Zambia
223
0.78
Laos
344
0.91
Total
5036
Total
5327
Total
1098
Total
28760
Total
37684
New Zealand categorizes TB cases among non-New Zealand citizens as foreign-born. Thus, any persons born in New Zealand who are not New Zealand citizens but are diagnosed with TB will be included in the surveillance system among the foreign-born cases.
