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Latent TB Infection Treatment Completion Rate by Year, New Jersey, 2008 to 2020

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Why Is This Important?

If not treated properly, tuberculosis (TB) disease can be fatal. TB bacteria usually attack the lungs but may attack any part of the body. The bacteria are typically spread through the air when a person with TB disease of the lungs or throat expels tiny airborne particles which people nearby can breathe in and become infected. Early detection and treatment of TB are essential to control the spread of the disease and to prevent outbreaks.[https://www.cdc.gov/tb/about/index.html ^1^]

Definition

Percent of persons completing treatment for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) who, during the contact investigations of AFB sputum-smear positive TB cases, have been found to have LTBI and initiated treatment

Data Notes

This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) Objective TB-3.

Data Source

New Jersey State Tuberculosis Case Registry; Tuberculosis Control Program; Division of HIV, STD, and TB Services; New Jersey Department of Health
(http://www.nj.gov/health/hivstdtb/tb/)

How the Measure is Calculated

  • Numerator:

    Number of persons completing treatment for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) who, during the contact investigations of AFB sputum-smear positive TB cases, have been found to have LTBI and initiated treatment

  • Denominator:

    Number of persons who, during the contact investigations of AFB sputum-smear positive TB cases, have been found to have LTBI and initiated treatment

Related Health Objectives and Indicators



  • Health Initiative: HNJ2020

    Healthy NJ 2020 Objective TB-3

    NJ Target: Increase the treatment completion rate of contacts to sputum smear-positive cases who are diagnosed with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and started LTBI treatment to 79 percent by 2020
    https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/tuberculosis.shtml


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Indicator Data Last Updated On 04/11/2023, Published on 06/05/2024
Tuberculosis Control Program, Division of HIV/AIDS, STD, and TB Services; New Jersey Department of Health; PO Box 363, Trenton, NJ 08625-0363 (https://www.nj.gov/health/hivstdtb/tb/index.shtml)