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of selected infectious diseases in the U.S.-Mexico border area (rate
per 100,000 population), 2000 (vertical bar chart): Tuberculosis:
U.S.-Mexico border region,* 10.0; entire U.S., 6.0. Hepatitis A: U.S.-Mexico
border region, 11.0; entire U.S., 4.9. Hepatitis B: U.S.-Mexico border
region, 6.3; entire U.S., 2.9.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 2002 Full Year Consolidated Data File (HC-070). Released December 2004. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component Data. Generated using MEPSnet/HC. Available from: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsnet/HC/MEPSnetHC.asp * Includes 44 U.S. counties within 100 kilometers north of the U.S.-Mexico border excluding Maricopa, Pinal and La Paz counties in Arizona and Riverside County in California.
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