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Tuberculosis Cases with HIV Status Known by Year, New Jersey, 2010 to 2020
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Why Is This Important?
People living with HIV are more likely than others to become sick with TB. Worldwide, TB is one of the leading causes of death among people living with HIV.^[https://www.cdc.gov/tb/risk-factors/hiv.html 1]^
Definition
Percent of tuberculosis cases alive at diagnosis for which HIV status is known
Data Notes
This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 Objective TB-4. The total population of TB cases includes persons of all ages, including young children who are unlikely to be tested for HIV if there are no known risk factors and older persons who have had the same primary care physician for many years and are also unlikely to be tested if there are no risk factors. Hence, there will always be a certain proportion of the population that is not been tested for HIV.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 tuberculosis cases alive at diagnosis for which HIV status is knownDenominator:
Total number of tuberculosis cases alive at diagnosis
Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective IID-33
U.S. Target: Increase the proportion of adults with tuberculosis (TB) who have been tested for HIV to 71.5 percent by 2020
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/hiv
Health Initiative: HNJ2020
Healthy NJ 2020 Objective TB-4
NJ Target: Increase the proportion of tuberculosis cases alive at diagnosis for which HIV status is known to 90 percent by 2020
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/tuberculosis.shtml