Immigrants and TB...Again
I know, here I go again.
According to the Charlotte Observer, 131 workers at a chicken processing plant have tested positive for TB
the number of infected workers reflects a concern about a growing health threat: immigrants increasingly carrying TB to the U.S.
"It's become more of an imported disease," said Dr. Jason Stout, an infectious disease specialist at Duke University who serves as one of North Carolina's tuberculosis consultants.
Foreign-born residents accounted for 55 percent of TB cases nationwide in 2005 -- the last year for which statistics were available. The greatest number of foreign born cases, 25 percent, or 1,942 cases, came from Mexico, followed by the Philippines, Vietnam, and India. In 1993, foreign-born residents made up 29 percent of reported TB cases.
More than 60 percent of line workers in the chicken industry are Hispanic. And experts say most of the workers probably entered the U.S. already infected.
Tuberculosis Statistics
Nationally, the TB rate among Hispanics in the United States -- 9.2 for every 100,000 people -- was about eight times higher than that for whites, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
African Americans, at a rate of 10.1 for every 100,000 people, are more likely to have tuberculosis than Hispanics, as are Asians, at a rate of 25.5.
From 2005 to 2006, the number of foreign-born TB cases in North Carolina increased about 22 percent -- from 110 to 134, according to the N.C. Division of Public Health.
According to the Charlotte Observer, 131 workers at a chicken processing plant have tested positive for TB
the number of infected workers reflects a concern about a growing health threat: immigrants increasingly carrying TB to the U.S.
"It's become more of an imported disease," said Dr. Jason Stout, an infectious disease specialist at Duke University who serves as one of North Carolina's tuberculosis consultants.
Foreign-born residents accounted for 55 percent of TB cases nationwide in 2005 -- the last year for which statistics were available. The greatest number of foreign born cases, 25 percent, or 1,942 cases, came from Mexico, followed by the Philippines, Vietnam, and India. In 1993, foreign-born residents made up 29 percent of reported TB cases.
More than 60 percent of line workers in the chicken industry are Hispanic. And experts say most of the workers probably entered the U.S. already infected.
Tuberculosis Statistics
Nationally, the TB rate among Hispanics in the United States -- 9.2 for every 100,000 people -- was about eight times higher than that for whites, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
African Americans, at a rate of 10.1 for every 100,000 people, are more likely to have tuberculosis than Hispanics, as are Asians, at a rate of 25.5.
From 2005 to 2006, the number of foreign-born TB cases in North Carolina increased about 22 percent -- from 110 to 134, according to the N.C. Division of Public Health.
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posted by Exador at
9:44 AM
2 Comments:
Ex, this is one more reason to find a way to bring these people out of the shadows. Unfortunately, the debate is too often shaped by fearful xenophobes, and the result is that it makes these people go further underground. We don't tend to notice these people at all unless they are inconveinancing us. Thats our fault.
BTW, had to sympathise about the whole diamond thing. The only flaw in your logic is that a diamond will hold it's value forever. A car? About an hour.
Glory would have been a better movie without Matt Broderick, (and I like him)he just didn't sit well in that role, at least to me. Denzel was awesome. How is it you see and feel the injustices there, yet turn a blind eye on what is happening now?
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Anonymous, at 7:52 AM
Hi Mack,
Well heck, then let's make kiddie-raping legal, so we draw the kiddie-rapers out of the shadows.
I agree about Mathew Broderick. I'm not big fan of his.
I'm not sure which injustices you speak of, but if slavery makes a come back, you can count on me to be opposed to it.
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Exador, at 5:03 AM
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