Research Article

Immigrant Arrival and Tuberculosis among Large Immigrant- and Refugee-Receiving Countries, 2005–2009

Table 3

Top source countries for foreign-born MDR TB cases, 2005–2009.

AustraliaCanadaNew ZealandUnited KingdomUnited States
CountryNumber%CountryNumber%CountryNumber%CountryNumber%CountryNumber%

Papua New Guinea4242.4China1216.4China640.0India6127.9Mexico6613.7
India1919.2India1013.7South Korea213.3Somalia2712.3Philippines5611.6
Vietnam88.1Philippines811.0New Zealand16.7Pakistan198.7India5110.6
China77.1Vietnam79.6Cambodia16.7Lithuania104.6Vietnam479.8
Indonesia33.0Peru68.2South Africa16.7Nigeria94.1China326.6
Philippines33.0Afghanistan34.1Indonesia16.7Nepal83.7Peru245.0
United Kingdom33.0Russia34.1Peru16.7China73.2Laos214.4
Thailand22.0Nigeria34.1Philippines16.7Zimbabwe73.2South Korea142.9
Uzbekistan22.0South Korea34.1India16.7Bangladesh62.7Guatemala142.9
Myanmar11.0Ukraine22.7Afghanistan41.8Ethiopia132.7
Sudan11.0Ethiopia22.7South Africa41.8Dominican Republic122.5
Ethiopia11.0Nepal22.7Philippines41.8Russia112.3
Nigeria11.0Somalia22.7Kenya31.4Nepal112.3
Cambodia11.0Guyana22.7Kazakhstan31.4Myanmar102.1
Pakistan11.0Sudan11.4Cote d’Ivoire31.4Thailand102.1
Somalia11.0Cambodia11.4Zambia31.4Haiti102.1
East Timor11.0South Africa11.4Angola31.4Somalia81.7
Sierra Leone11.0Pakistan11.4Latvia31.4Sudan71.5
Lebanon11.0Kenya11.4Ukraine20.91Ecuador71.5
Ukraine00.0Malaysia11.4Thailand20.91Moldova40.83

Total99Total73Total15Total219Total482