We have seen an increase in the number of cases reported every year since 1988. Our Hawaii State Department of Health reported 201 cases of tuberculosis in 1991 and expects 240 cases this year. a 20percent rise. According to Department of Health data. 75 percent of these patients are foreignborn. Most of them are recent immigrants from less developed countries in the Asia/Pacific region. where TB is highly prevalent. Hawaii has the highest percentage of such TB cases of any State. A recent survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control [CDC] found that Hawaii reported the third highest percentage of multipledrugresistant tuberculosis [MDRTB] cases in the nation. behind New York and New Jersey.
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