Estimates of incident cases of TB and MDR-TB among newly arrived immigrants and refugees in the United States, 2001–2008.*

*Newly arrived immigrants and refugees are those who have resided in the United States for up to 1 year after their arrival.†The number of person-years is the same as the number of admissions, since immigrants and refugees are assumed to stay in the United States for at least 1 year after their arrival.‡See the Methods Section for details of the estimations.§Values are World Health Organization estimates for 2008.¶Countries are listed in descending order, according to the estimated number of TB incident cases. Country of citizenship is assumed to be the same as country of birth for immigrants and refugees.#The values for China include those for Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.