Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2016
Table 30. Tuberculosis Cases and Case Rates per 100,000 Population, Ranked and Grouped by Number of Cases: United States and the District of Columbia, 2016 and 2015
| Reporting Area | 2016 | 2015 | 2015–2016 % change | Overall rank by 2016 rate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | ||
| Total | 9,272 | 2.9 | 9,547 | 3.0 | –2.9 | –3.6 | — |
| ≥500 cases in 2016 | |||||||
| California | 2,062 | 5.3 | 2,131 | 5.5 | –3.2 | –3.9 | 3 |
| Texas | 1,250 | 4.5 | 1,334 | 4.9 | –6.3 | –7.8 | 4 |
| New York | 768 | 3.9 | 763 | 3.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 5 |
| Florida | 639 | 3.1 | 602 | 3.0 | 6.1 | 4.3 | 9 |
| 100–499 cases in 2016 | |||||||
| Illinois | 342 | 2.7 | 343 | 2.7 | –0.3 | 0.0 | 18 |
| Georgia | 302 | 2.9 | 320 | 3.1 | –5.6 | –6.6 | 12 |
| New Jersey | 294 | 3.3 | 326 | 3.6 | –9.8 | –9.9 | 8 |
| Maryland | 220 | 3.7 | 176 | 2.9 | 25.0 | 24.6 | 7 |
| North Carolina | 219 | 2.2 | 199 | 2.0 | 10.1 | 8.8 | 21 |
| Virginia | 205 | 2.4 | 212 | 2.5 | –3.3 | –3.8 | 19 |
| Washington | 205 | 2.8 | 207 | 2.9 | –1.0 | –2.7 | 14 |
| Massachusetts | 190 | 2.8 | 192 | 2.8 | –1.0 | –1.4 | 15 |
| Arizona | 188 | 2.7 | 198 | 2.9 | –5.1 | –6.6 | 17 |
| Pennsylvania | 173 | 1.4 | 200 | 1.6 | –13.5 | –13.4 | 38 |
| Minnesota | 168 | 3.0 | 150 | 2.7 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 11 |
| Ohio | 140 | 1.2 | 143 | 1.2 | –2.1 | –2.2 | 41 |
| Michigan | 133 | 1.3 | 131 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 40 |
| Louisiana | 127 | 2.7 | 119 | 2.5 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 16 |
| Hawaii | 119 | 8.3 | 127 | 8.9 | –6.3 | –6.5 | 1 |
| Alabama | 112 | 2.3 | 119 | 2.5 | –5.9 | –6.1 | 20 |
| Indiana | 109 | 1.6 | 116 | 1.8 | –6.0 | –6.3 | 32 |
| Tennessee | 103 | 1.5 | 131 | 2.0 | –21.4 | –22.0 | 33 |
| South Carolina | 102 | 2.1 | 104 | 2.1 | –1.9 | –3.2 | 22 |
| Missouri | 101 | 1.7 | 92 | 1.5 | 9.8 | 9.5 | 31 |
| <100 cases in 2016 | |||||||
| Arkansas | 91 | 3.0 | 90 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 10 |
| Kentucky | 91 | 2.1 | 67 | 1.5 | 35.8 | 35.4 | 23 |
| Oklahoma | 78 | 2.0 | 67 | 1.7 | 16.4 | 15.9 | 25 |
| Oregon | 70 | 1.7 | 76 | 1.9 | –7.9 | –9.4 | 29 |
| Colorado | 64 | 1.2 | 73 | 1.3 | –12.3 | –13.8 | 42 |
| Mississippi | 61 | 2.0 | 73 | 2.4 | –16.4 | –16.4 | 24 |
| Alaska | 57 | 7.7 | 68 | 9.2 | –16.2 | –16.6 | 2 |
| Nevada | 56 | 1.9 | 85 | 2.9 | –34.1 | –35.4 | 26 |
| Connecticut | 52 | 1.5 | 70 | 2.0 | –25.7 | –25.5 | 36 |
| Iowa | 48 | 1.5 | 38 | 1.2 | 26.3 | 25.8 | 34 |
| Wisconsin | 40 | 0.7 | 69 | 1.2 | –42.0 | –42.1 | 48 |
| Kansas | 39 | 1.3 | 36 | 1.2 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 39 |
| New Mexico | 39 | 1.9 | 47 | 2.3 | –17.0 | –17.0 | 27 |
| Nebraska | 28 | 1.5 | 33 | 1.7 | –15.2 | –15.7 | 35 |
| District of Columbia | 25 | 3.7 | 33 | 4.9 | –24.2 | –25.4 | 6 |
| Maine | 23 | 1.7 | 18 | 1.4 | 27.8 | 27.6 | 28 |
| North Dakota | 22 | 2.9 | 9 | 1.2 | 144.4 | 144.1 | 13 |
| Utah | 20 | 0.7 | 37 | 1.2 | –45.9 | –47.0 | 49 |
| Idaho | 18 | 1.1 | 11 | 0.7 | 63.6 | 60.7 | 47 |
| Delaware | 16 | 1.7 | 22 | 2.3 | –27.3 | –27.9 | 30 |
| New Hampshire | 15 | 1.1 | 13 | 1.0 | 15.4 | 15.0 | 44 |
| West Virginia | 14 | 0.8 | 10 | 0.5 | 40.0 | 40.8 | 47 |
| Rhode Island | 12 | 1.1 | 30 | 2.8 | –60.0 | –60.0 | 43 |
| South Dakota | 12 | 1.4 | 17 | 2.0 | –29.4 | –30.0 | 37 |
| Vermont | 5 | 0.8 | 7 | 1.1 | –28.6 | –28.4 | 46 |
| Montana | 4 | 0.4 | 9 | 0.9 | –55.6 | –56.0 | 50 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 0.2 | 4 | 0.7 | –75.0 | –75.0 | 51 |
1Includes New York City.
Note: Denominators for computing 2015 and 2016 rates for states and the District of Columbia were obtained from U.S. Census Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico (April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2016) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2010-2016/state/totalsexternal icon); accessed July 6, 2017.
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