TABLE 1—
Tuberculosis (TB) Cases, Median Incidence, and Clusters Among Individuals Incarcerated in a State Prison at the Time of Diagnosis: United States, 2011–2019
Statea | No. TB Cases | Median TB Incidenceb | No. Clusters With ≥ 3 TB Cases |
Texas | 201 | 14.0 | 11 |
Florida | 61 | 4.9 | 2 |
California | 48 | 3.8 | 0 |
Alabama | 39 | 6.5 | 2 |
Georgia | 39 | 5.6 | 1 |
North Carolina | 20 | 8.2 | 2 |
Oklahoma | 13 | 3.6 | 0 |
Louisiana | 12 | 2.7 | 0 |
Arizona | 11 | 2.4 | 0 |
Indiana | 10 | 3.7 | 1 |
Missouri | 9 | 0.0 | 0 |
South Carolina | 9 | 0.0 | 0 |
Arkansas | 8 | 5.6 | 0 |
New Jersey | 8 | 4.9 | 0 |
Alaska | 7 | 19.7 | 0 |
Illinois | 7 | 2.2 | 0 |
Massachusetts | 7 | 0.0 | 0 |
Mississippi | 7 | 5.2 | 0 |
Kentucky | 6 | 0.0 | 0 |
New York | 4 | 0.0 | 0 |
Tennessee | 4 | 0.0 | 0 |
Virginia | 4 | 0.0 | 0 |
Delaware | 3 | 0.0 | 0 |
Hawaii | 3 | 0.0 | 0 |
Minnesota | 3 | 0.0 | 0 |
New Mexico | 3 | 0.0 | 0 |
Idaho | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
North Dakota | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
Ohio | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
Oregon | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
Washington | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
Colorado | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
Connecticut | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
Kansas | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
Maryland | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
Michigan | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
Nevada | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
Pennsylvania | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
Rhode Island | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
South Dakota | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
Wisconsin | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
States without any TB cases in a state prison system during 2011 to 2019 are excluded (Iowa, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming).
Median TB incidence per 100 000 individuals incarcerated within state prisons.