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Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2021
Table 43. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages by Primary Occupation,1 Ages ≥15 Years: Reporting Areas, 2021
See Surveillance Slide #56.
| Reporting area | Total cases | Occupation data available | Unemployed | Healthcare worker | Correctional employee | Migrant worker | Retired | Not seeking employment | Other | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | ||
| United States2 | 7,565 | 5,795 | (76.6) | 1,238 | (21.4) | 242 | (4.2) | 6 | (0.1) | 82 | (1.4) | 1,166 | (20.1) | 871 | (15.0) | 2,190 | (37.8) |
| Alabama | 86 | 85 | (98.8) | 13 | (15.3) | 2 | (2.4) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 12 | (14.1) | 24 | (28.2) | 34 | (40.0) |
| Alaska | 46 | 44 | (95.7) | 13 | (29.5) | 1 | (2.3) | 0 | (0.0) | 3 | (6.8) | 3 | (6.8) | 9 | (20.5) | 15 | (34.1) |
| Arizona3 | 118 | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … |
| Arkansas | 57 | 57 | (100.0) | 14 | (24.6) | 2 | (3.5) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 9 | (15.8) | 7 | (12.3) | 25 | (43.9) |
| California | 1,709 | 1,636 | (95.7) | 294 | (18.0) | 62 | (3.8) | 0 | (0.0) | 45 | (2.8) | 438 | (26.8) | 240 | (14.7) | 557 | (34.0) |
| Colorado | 57 | 57 | (100.0) | 8 | (14.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 16 | (28.1) | 6 | (10.5) | 27 | (47.4) |
| Connecticut | 53 | 53 | (100.0) | 9 | (17.0) | 5 | (9.4) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 13 | (24.5) | 8 | (15.1) | 18 | (34.0) |
| Delaware3 | 40 | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … |
| District of Columbia3 | 18 | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … |
| Florida3 | 487 | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … |
| Georgia | 209 | 199 | (95.2) | 54 | (27.1) | 2 | (1.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 8 | (4.0) | 32 | (16.1) | 22 | (11.1) | 81 | (40.7) |
| Hawaii3 | 98 | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … |
| Idaho | 5 | 5 | (100.0) | 1 | (20.0) | 2 | (40.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 2 | (40.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) |
| Illinois | 246 | 241 | (98.0) | 19 | (7.9) | 7 | (2.9) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (0.4) | 65 | (27.0) | 41 | (17.0) | 108 | (44.8) |
| Indiana | 121 | 121 | (100.0) | 26 | (21.5) | 3 | (2.5) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 25 | (20.7) | 18 | (14.9) | 49 | (40.5) |
| Iowa3 | 46 | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … |
| Kansas3 | 38 | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … |
| Kentucky | 55 | 55 | (100.0) | 2 | (3.6) | 2 | (3.6) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 9 | (16.4) | 16 | (29.1) | 26 | (47.3) |
| Louisiana | 82 | 82 | (100.0) | 12 | (14.6) | 5 | (6.1) | 0 | (0.0) | 2 | (2.4) | 9 | (11.0) | 22 | (26.8) | 32 | (39.0) |
| Maine | 14 | 13 | (92.9) | 3 | (23.1) | 1 | (7.7) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (7.7) | 1 | (7.7) | 3 | (23.1) | 4 | (30.8) |
| Maryland3 | 186 | 129 | (69.4) | 22 | (17.1) | 8 | (6.2) | 1 | (0.8) | 1 | (0.8) | 18 | (14.0) | 19 | (14.7) | 60 | (46.5) |
| Massachusetts | 149 | 145 | (97.3) | 34 | (23.4) | 6 | (4.1) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (0.7) | 36 | (24.8) | 11 | (7.6) | 57 | (39.3) |
| Michigan3 | 128 | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … |
| Minnesota | 121 | 121 | (100.0) | 21 | (17.4) | 9 | (7.4) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 9 | (7.4) | 36 | (29.8) | 46 | (38.0) |
| Mississippi3 | 42 | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … |
| Missouri3 | 76 | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … |
| Montana | 3 | 3 | (100.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (33.3) | 1 | (33.3) | 1 | (33.3) |
| Nebraska | 22 | 22 | (100.0) | 5 | (22.7) | 1 | (4.5) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 3 | (13.6) | 2 | (9.1) | 11 | (50.0) |
| Nevada | 61 | 61 | (100.0) | 12 | (19.7) | 4 | (6.6) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 17 | (27.9) | 7 | (11.5) | 21 | (34.4) |
| New Hampshire3 | 11 | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … |
| New Jersey3 | 284 | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … |
| New Mexico | 23 | 22 | (95.7) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (4.5) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (4.5) | 11 | (50.0) | 3 | (13.6) | 6 | (27.3) |
| New York State4 | 143 | 131 | (91.6) | 36 | (27.5) | 9 | (6.9) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (0.8) | 36 | (27.5) | 3 | (2.3) | 46 | (35.1) |
| New York City | 527 | 492 | (93.4) | 163 | (33.1) | 21 | (4.3) | 0 | (0.0) | 9 | (1.8) | 98 | (19.9) | 23 | (4.7) | 178 | (36.2) |
| North Carolina | 173 | 172 | (99.4) | 48 | (27.9) | 7 | (4.1) | 0 | (0.0) | 2 | (1.2) | 23 | (13.4) | 14 | (8.1) | 78 | (45.3) |
| North Dakota | 14 | 12 | (85.7) | 3 | (25.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (8.3) | 1 | (8.3) | 7 | (58.3) |
| Ohio | 145 | 139 | (95.9) | 27 | (19.4) | 6 | (4.3) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 15 | (10.8) | 23 | (16.5) | 68 | (48.9) |
| Oklahoma | 59 | 58 | (98.3) | 17 | (29.3) | 3 | (5.2) | 1 | (1.7) | 0 | (0.0) | 10 | (17.2) | 2 | (3.4) | 25 | (43.1) |
| Oregon3 | 73 | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … |
| Pennsylvania | 164 | 163 | (99.4) | 36 | (22.1) | 13 | (8.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 34 | (20.9) | 24 | (14.7) | 56 | (34.4) |
| Rhode Island | 16 | 16 | (100.0) | 8 | (50.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (6.3) | 7 | (43.8) |
| South Carolina | 83 | 77 | (92.8) | 17 | (22.1) | 2 | (2.6) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (1.3) | 6 | (7.8) | 12 | (15.6) | 39 | (50.6) |
| South Dakota | 12 | 12 | (100.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 2 | (16.7) | 4 | (33.3) | 6 | (50.0) |
| Tennessee | 79 | 79 | (100.0) | 6 | (7.6) | 1 | (1.3) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (1.3) | 10 | (12.7) | 32 | (40.5) | 29 | (36.7) |
| Texas | 943 | 871 | (92.4) | 253 | (29.0) | 38 | (4.4) | 3 | (0.3) | 3 | (0.3) | 136 | (15.6) | 133 | (15.3) | 305 | (35.0) |
| Utah | 17 | 17 | (100.0) | 5 | (29.4) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 2 | (11.8) | 3 | (17.6) | 7 | (41.2) |
| Vermont | 3 | 3 | (100.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (33.3) | 2 | (66.7) |
| Virginia | 157 | 147 | (93.6) | 18 | (12.2) | 6 | (4.1) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 28 | (19.0) | 35 | (23.8) | 60 | (40.8) |
| Washington | 193 | 185 | (95.9) | 36 | (19.5) | 12 | (6.5) | 1 | (0.5) | 1 | (0.5) | 20 | (10.8) | 45 | (24.3) | 70 | (37.8) |
| West Virginia | 6 | 6 | (100.0) | 1 | (16.7) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (16.7) | 4 | (66.7) |
| Wisconsin | 65 | 62 | (95.4) | 2 | (3.2) | 1 | (1.6) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (1.6) | 14 | (22.6) | 19 | (30.6) | 25 | (40.3) |
| Wyoming | 2 | 2 | (100.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 2 | (100.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) |
| American Samoa3 | 4 | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … |
| Federated States of Micronesia3 | 63 | 8 | (12.7) | 3 | (37.5) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 3 | (37.5) | 2 | (25.0) |
| Guam | 53 | 53 | (100.0) | 10 | (18.9) | 1 | (1.9) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (1.9) | 5 | (9.4) | 13 | (24.5) | 23 | (43.4) |
| Republic of the Marshall Islands3 | 84 | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … |
| Northern Mariana Islands3 | 34 | 1 | (2.9) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (100.0) |
| Puerto Rico3 | 18 | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … |
| Republic of Palau3 | 6 | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 2 | 2 | (100.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (50.0) | 1 | (50.0) |
1Occupation within past 12 months prior to TB diagnosis.
2American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Republic of Palau, and U.S. Virgin Islands are not included in the U.S. totals and percentages.
3Occupation within past 12 months of TB diagnosis is discontinued with the 2020 RVCT; cases reported using the 2020 RVCT (select reporting areas) are missing occupation data.
4Excludes New York City.
Note:
Ellipses (…) indicate that the percentage cannot be calculated, and the denominator is 0.