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. 2022 Aug;112(8):1170–1179. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2022.306864

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
a

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).

b

Median TB incidence per 100 000 individuals incarcerated within state prisons.