Incidence rates of NTM cases per 100,000 patient-years receiving care in VA over time.

<p>Incidence rates of NTM cases per 100,000 patient-years receiving care in VA over time.</p

Incident rates of NTM cases per 100,000 patient-years by region and by microbiologically-identified organism from 2009 through 2012.

<p>Reprinted from Esri^® ArcGIS Online^® under a CC BY license, with permission from Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., original copyright 2017.</p

Mycobacterial categories found in microbiology and laboratory data in VHA.

<p>Mycobacterial categories found in microbiology and laboratory data in VHA.</p

NTM patient demographics and major co-morbidities, along with age- and setting-matched controls.

<p>NTM patient demographics and major co-morbidities, along with age- and setting-matched controls.</p

Kaplan-Meier curves of survival after pulmonary and extra-pulmonary NTM diagnosis compared to age- and clinical-setting matched controls.

<p>Kaplan-Meier curves of survival after pulmonary and extra-pulmonary NTM diagnosis compared to age- and clinical-setting matched controls.</p

United States Veterans Health System regions grouped by first three digits of zip code.

<p>Incidence rates area denominated by 100,000 patient-years. Moran’s I measures the spatial correlation of a region with adjacent regions; positive correlations are >1, while negative correlations are <1. Reprinted from Esri^® ArcGIS Online^® under a CC BY license, with permission from Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., original copyright 2017.</p

Multivariable models of outpatient clinic visit rates and mortality.

<p>Mortality is split into early and late periods in piecewise models.</p