Tuberculosis rates among HIV-infected persons in New York City, 2001-2005

We calculated population-based tuberculosis (TB) rates among HIV-infected persons in New York City from 2001 through 2005 using data from the city's TB and HIV/AIDS surveillance registries, and we examined those rates using linear trend tests and incidence rate ratios (IRRs). HIV-infected individuals had 16 times the TB rate of a 'non-HIV' population (HIV status negative or unknown; IRR=16.0; 95% confidence interval=14.9, 17.2). TB rates declined significantly among the US-born HIV-infected population ([P.sub.trend] < .001) but not among the foreign-born HIV-infected population ([P.sub.trend] = .355). Such disparities must be addressed if further declines are to be achieved. (Am J Public Health. 2010;100:1031-1034. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.177725)