90 Table 51. Tuberculosis Diagnostic Tests, by Type of Laboratory: Reporting Areas, 2016

Reporting area

Nucleic acid amplification test Sputum culture Culture 

Total1

Commercial

lab

Public 

health lab

Other 

lab Missing Total2

Commercial

lab

Public 

health lab

Other 

lab Missing Total3

Commerc

lab

No. (%) (%) (%) (%) No. (%) (%) (%) (%) No. (%) 

United States 5,770 (28.6) (50.3) (12.3) (8.8) 7,599 (26.7) (46.8) (13.4) (13.1) 4,432 (42.7) Alabama 69 (7.2) (89.9) (2.9) (0) 104 (7.7) (88.5) (2.9) (1.0) 37 (24.3) 

Alaska 31 (3.2) (80.6) (16.1) (0) 53 (1.9) (96.2) (1.9) (0) 12 (25.0) Arizona 87 (28.7) (47.1) (24.1) (0) 167 (12.6) (72.5) (15.0) (0) 80 (28.8) Arkansas 74 (1.4) (93.2) (5.4) (0) 82 (2.4) (89.0) (7.3) (1.2) 42 (23.8) 

California 1,319 (41.3) (40.9) (16.5) (1.3) 1,754 (44.4) (39.3) (15.3) (1.0) 891 (54.4) Colorado 34 (29.4) (35.3) (11.8) (23.5) 50 (18.0) (28.0) (6.0) (48.0) 32 (31.3) 

Connecticut 33 (45.5) (54.5) (0) (0) 44 (25.0) (75.0) (0) (0) 33 (48.5) 

Delaware 11 (9.1) (27.3) (63.6) (0) 12 (16.7) (50.0) (33.3) (0) 10 (30.0) District of Columbia 18 (0) (0) (100.0) (0) 23 (0) (0) (100.0) (0) 12 (0) 

Florida 505 (15.2) (82.0) (2.8) (0) 558 (17.0) (80.8) (2.2) (0) 285 (45.6) 

Georgia 187 (42.8) (46.0) (7.0) (4.3) 250 (22.8) (66.0) (10.8) (0.4) 138 (71.0) 

Hawaii 100 (98.0) (0) (1.0) (1.0) 110 (98.2) (0) (1.8) (0) 45 (97.8) 

Idaho 12 (16.7) (83.3) (0) (0) 10 (0) (100.0) (0) (0) 9 (11.1) 

Illinois 152 (52.0) (36.8) (11.2) (0) 253 (41.1) (37.5) (20.2) (1.2) 176 (68.8) Indiana 55 (20.0) (56.4) (23.6) (0) 84 (11.9) (65.5) (22.6) (0) 42 (40.5) 

Iowa 40 (17.5) (82.5) (0) (0) 37 (8.1) (91.9) (0) (0) 23 (34.8) 

Kansas 20 (45.0) (55.0) (0) (0) 35 (25.7) (74.3) (0) (0) 17 (64.7) 

Kentucky 73 (16.4) (67.1) (15.1) (1.4) 88 (9.1) (80.7) (10.2) (0) 50 (22.0) Louisiana 78 (41.0) (50.0) (5.1) (3.8) 107 (46.7) (43.0) (8.4) (1.9) 35 (94.3) Maine 16 (0) (93.8) (6.3) (0) 18 (0) (94.4) (5.6) (0) 9 (0) 

Maryland 149 (37.6) (61.7) (0.7) (0) 206 (26.7) (72.3) (1.0) (0) 114 (61.4) 

Massachusetts 109 (14.7) (45.0) (0) (40.4) 125 (27.2) (33.6) (0) (39.2) 124 (35.5) 

Michigan 58 (6.9) (51.7) (39.7) (1.7) 86 (0) (100.0) (0) (0) 55 (16.4) 

Minnesota 91 (65.9) (30.8) (3.3) (0) 119 (59.7) (40.3) (0) (0) 97 (57.7) 

Mississippi 49 (2.0) (0) (55.1) (42.9) 53 (3.8) (0) (60.4) (35.8) 37 (5.4) 

Missouri 28 (14.3) (71.4) (0) (14.3) 85 (16.5) (77.6) (0) (5.9) 54 (50.0) 

Montana 4 (25.0) (75.0) (0) (0) 4 (25.0) (75.0) (0) (0) 1 (100.0) 

Nebraska 13 (23.1) (46.2) (23.1) (7.7) 18 (11.1) (38.9) (38.9) (11.1) 10 (10.0) 

Nevada 33 (15.2) (81.8) (0) (3.0) 46 (32.6) (65.2) (2.2) (0) 25 (76.0) 

New Hampshire 12 (0) (83.3) (8.3) (8.3) 12 (16.7) (83.3) (0) (0) 6 (50.0) 

New Jersey 83 (48.2) (7.2) (44.6) (0) 229 (31.0) (34.5) (34.1) (0.4) 150 (43.3) 

New Mexico 20 (40.0) (60.0) (0) (0) 35 (48.6) (48.6) (0) (2.9) 19 (57.9) 
Table 51. (Con’t) Tuberculosis Diagnostic Tests, by Type of Laboratory: Reporting Areas, 2016

91

Reporting area

Nucleic acid amplification test Sputum culture Culture 

Total1

Commercial

lab

Public 

health lab

Other 

lab Missing Total2

Commercial

lab

Public 

health lab

Other 

lab Missing Total3

Commerc

lab

No. (%) (%) (%) (%) No. (%) (%) (%) (%) No. (%) 

New York State4

New York CityNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyoming

127 (17.3) (37.8) (10.2) (34.6) 174 (23.6) (21.8) (15.5) (39.1) 115 (23.5) 474 (6.3) (63.7) (23.8) (6.1) 495 (12.7) (7.9) (49.5) (29.9) 281 (6.8) 120 (40.0) (60.0) (0) (0) 185 (20.5) (55.1) (24.3) (0) 124 (40.3) 

9 (66.7) (33.3) (0) (0) 19 (63.2) (36.8) (0) (0) 12 (58.3) 

76 (78.9) (21.1) (0) (0) 109 (78.9) (21.1) (0) (0) 93 (89.2) 53 (7.5) (84.9) (7.5) (0) 55 (3.6) (94.5) (1.8) (0) 27 (11.1) 49 (8.2) (42.9) (40.8) (8.2) 55 (9.1) (45.5) (29.1) (16.4) 33 (9.1) 72 (15.3) (62.5) (9.7) (12.5) 127 (26.8) (59.1) (9.4) (4.7) 109 (50.5) 10 (40.0) (60.0) (0) (0) 9 (0) (100.0) (0) (0) 8 (25.0) 

60 (13.3) (71.7) (15.0) (0) 71 (15.5) (76.1) (8.5) (0) 48 (41.7) 

11 (0) (90.9) (9.1) (0) 11 (0) (100.0) (0) (0) 4 (0) 

63 (47.6) (50.8) (1.6) (0) 93 (20.4) (66.7) (12.9) (0) 50 (52.0) 

823 (13.2) (41.4) (8.7) (36.6) 946 (5.4) (23.7) (5.1) (65.9) 619 (17.6) 

10 (70.0) (30.0) (0) (0) 17 (52.9) (47.1) (0) (0) 8 (100.0) 

4 (50.0) (50.0) (0) (0) 4 (50.0) (25.0) (25.0) (0) 2 (50.0) 

71 (31.0) (49.3) (19.7) (0) 185 (15.1) (74.1) (9.2) (1.6) 102 (37.3) 

137 (50.4) (39.4) (3.6) (6.6) 149 (42.3) (47.7) (4.0) (6.0) 98 (91.8) 

7 (42.9) (57.1) (0) (0) 10 (0) (100.0) (0) (0) 5 (80.0) 

30 (13.3) (83.3) (0) (3.3) 27 (22.2) (70.4) (0) (7.4) 24 (29.2) 

1 (0) (100.0) (0) (0) 1 (0) (0) (100.0) (0) 0 ... 

American Samoa5

Fed. States of Micronesia5

Guam5Marshall Islands5N. Mariana Islands5Puerto Rico5

Republic of Palau5U.S. Virgin Islands5

0 ... ... ... ... 1 (0) (100.0) (0) (0) 0 ... 

26 (92.3) (3.8) (3.8) (0) 87 (96.6) (2.3) (0) (1.1) 12 (100.0) 54 (33.3) (55.6) (1.9) (9.3) 53 (77.4) (13.2) (1.9) (7.5) 5 (20.0) 

112 (16.1) (76.8) (4.5) (2.7) 120 (95.8) (1.7) (1.7) (0.8) 3 (100.0) 

22 (0) (100.0) (0) (0) 20 (95.0) (0) (5.0) (0) 0 ... 27 (0) (100.0) (0) (0) 59 (5.1) (94.9) (0) (0) 16 (12.5) 19 (5.3) (94.7) (0) (0) 17 (100.0) (0) (0) (0) 0 ... 

0 ... ... ... ... 0 ... ... ... ... 0 ... 

1Nunber of patients with positive or negative NAA test results.2Number of patients with positive or negative sputum culture test results.3Number of patients with positive or negative culture of tissue and other body fluid test results.4Excludes New York City.5Not included in U.S. totals.

Note: Ellipses (...) indicate that the percentage cannot be calculated, and the denominator is 0.