296 Refugees Diagnosed with Active TB in Minnesota, Ten Times Any Other State; Majority Are Somalis

[Myanthropologies]

http://<br /> http://www.breitbart....sis-minnesota/

Two hundred and ninety-six refugees were diagnosed with active tuberculosis (TB) between 2010 and 2014 in Minnesota, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.

Seventy-one were diagnosed within one year of their arrival, while 225 were diagnosed after the first year.



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296 Refugees Diagnosed with Active TB in Minnesota, Ten Times Any Other State; Majority Are Somalis
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by MICHAEL PATRICK LEAHY
13 Oct 2016
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Two hundred and ninety-six refugees were diagnosed with active tuberculosis (TB) between 2010 and 2014 in Minnesota, according to the Minnesota Department of Health.
Seventy-one were diagnosed within one year of their arrival, while 225 were diagnosed after the first year.

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The number of active TB cases reported among refugees arriving in Minnesota is ten times higher than reported in any of the fourteen other states that have released refugee TB data to the public, or made it available to Breitbart News.

The previous high among the other reporting states was Wisconsin, which reported 27 cases of active TB among refugees arriving in the state between 2014 and 2015.


The other thirteen states, and the number of diagnosed cases of active TB among refugees are:

Nebraska (21), Louisiana (21), Michigan (19), Vermont (17), Colorado (16), Florida (11), Ohio (11 in one county), Idaho (7), Kentucky (9 in one county), North Dakota (4 in one county), Indiana (4), California (3), and Tennessee, where two refugees have been diagnosed with the very dangerous, multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB.

With 296 cases of active TB diagnosed among refugees over five years, Minnesota reported more cases than all fourteen other states where that data has been made available — a combined total of 172 cases.

The total number of active TB cases diagnosed among refugees resettled in the United States in recent years now stands at 468, but 36 states have yet to report their number. Data reported in several of the fourteen states in which there is some data (Ohio, North Dakota, Kentucky, and Tennessee) is only partial, and in other states (California, and Indiana) covers only the most recent year, rather than the five most recent years.

The state of Minnesota’s population is 5.5 million. Fox News reports the population of the Somali community in the state of Minnesota is 40,000, according to census data. The Star Tribune, citing “community leaders,” reports the Somali population in the state may be as high as 70,000, or about one percent of the state’s total population.

During the five years between 2010, and 2014, 22 percent of Minnesota’s active TB cases (161 out of 732) were diagnosed among the one percent of the state’s residents born in Somalia.

[Selurong]

I can't wait to see Wadaad's reaction to this thread.

[Myanthropologies]

I can't wait to see Wadaad's reaction to this thread.

I mean it's not like it's entirely their fault. I just ran into this article and thought it was interesting because I'm into the medical sciences and I chose to write a paper on this.

[Selurong]

I mean it's not like it's entirely their fault. I just ran into this article and thought it was interesting because I'm into the medical sciences and I chose to write a paper on this.

TB is more common than what people think. But most TB is inactive. My mom and late aunt had TB but theirs was dormant.

[Myanthropologies]

TB is more common than what people think. But most TB is inactive. My mom and late aunt had TB but theirs was dormant.

It's more common but still pretty rare. And I'm sorry to her that how they're okay. I knew one person who had it. He had like 100s of vaccines and was out if it for months