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Source: http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global...o_profile.html

Tuberculosis remains a public health problem in Mexico. According to the World Health Organization’s Global Tuberculosis Control: WHO Report 2004, Mexico had nearly 34,000 TB cases in 2002, with an estimated incidence rate of 33 cases per 100,000 population.

Source: http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/tb.htm

What caused TB to return?

Increased numbers of foreign-born nationals from countries where many cases of TB occur, such as Africa, Asia, and Latin America. TB cases among those persons now living in the US account for nearly half of the national total.

Minorities are affected disproportionately by TB: 54 percent of active TB cases in 1999 were among African-American and Hispanic people, with an additional 20 percent found in Asians.