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Table 47. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages, by Primary Occupation, Ages >15 Years: 

Reporting Areas, 2016

Reporting area

United States

Total 

cases

8,878

Cases with

information on 

occupation

No. (%)

8,654 (97.5)

Percentage of cases by occupation1

Health care 

worker

Correctional 

employee Unemployed

(23.7) (3.4) (0.1)

Migrant 

worker

(1.3)

Retired

(16.8)

Not seeking 

employment

(16.2)

Other

(38.4)

Alabama

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York State2

New York City

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Florida

District of Columbia

Delaware

Connecticut

Colorado

California

Arkansas

Arizona

Alaska

108 108 (100.0) (12.0) (3.7) (0) (0) (13.9) (36.1) (34.3)

50 50 (100.0) (30.0) (0) (0) (2.0) (12.0) (22.0) (34.0)

185 172 (93.0) (11.0) (2.9) (0) (2.3) (24.4) (16.9) (42.4)

86 85 (98.8) (25.9) (7.1) (0) (1.2) (27.1) (5.9) (32.9)

2,011 1,972 (98.1) (17.2) (3.5) (0.2) (2.8) (25.4) (18.0) (32.9)

61 60 (98.4) (8.3) (1.7) (0) (5.0) (16.7) (28.3) (40.0)

51 51 (100.0) (9.8) (2.0) (0) (0) (19.6) (15.7) (52.9)

15 15 (100.0) (6.7) (6.7) (0) (0) (13.3) (0) (73.3)

25 25 (100.0) (72.0) (0) (0) (0) (4.0) (0) (24.0)

616 558 (90.6) (53.4) (2.7) (0.2) (1.4) (8.4) (1.8) (32.1)

283 274 (96.8) (36.1) (1.8) (0) (1.5) (17.2) (9.5) (33.9)

115 112 (97.4) (23.2) (0.9) (0) (0) (20.5) (10.7) (44.6)

14 14 (100.0) (7.1) (0) (0) (7.1) (35.7) (14.3) (35.7)

326 324 (99.4) (18.2) (3.7) (0) (0.3) (20.1) (19.4) (38.3)

102 102 (100.0) (18.6) (6.9) (0) (1.0) (10.8) (14.7) (48.0)

48 45 (93.8) (11.1) (4.4) (0) (0) (8.9) (22.2) (53.3)

39 39 (100.0) (5.1) (12.8) (0) (0) (7.7) (33.3) (41.0)

90 90 (100.0) (12.2) (1.1) (0) (2.2) (13.3) (38.9) (32.2)

122 109 (89.3) (16.5) (2.8) (0) (2.8) (13.8) (25.7) (38.5)

23 23 (100.0) (4.3) (0) (0) (4.3) (8.7) (39.1) (43.5)

214 212 (99.1) (13.2) (4.2) (0.9) (0.9) (12.7) (18.4) (49.5)

182 180 (98.9) (26.1) (5.0) (0) (0) (24.4) (7.2) (37.2)

125 125 (100.0) (60.8) (1.6) (0) (0) (0) (0) (37.6)

149 148 (99.3) (8.8) (6.1) (0) (0) (3.4) (36.5) (45.3)

57 53 (93.0) (30.2) (5.7) (0) (0) (24.5) (1.9) (37.7)

99 92 (92.9) (14.1) (2.2) (0) (0) (19.6) (18.5) (45.7)

4 4 (100.0) (25.0) (0) (0) (0) (25.0) (25.0) (25.0)

25 19 (76.0) (15.8) (0) (0) (0) (15.8) (10.5) (57.9)

53 52 (98.1) (7.7) (5.8) (0) (0) (17.3) (21.2) (48.1)

14 14 (100.0) (21.4) (7.1) (0) (0) (7.1) (7.1) (57.1)

282 281 (99.6) (17.8) (4.3) (0) (1.1) (13.5) (18.5) (44.8)

37 35 (94.6) (5.7) (0) (0) (0) (17.1) (51.4) (25.7)

193 183 (94.8) (30.6) (4.4) (0) (1.6) (16.9) (6.0) (40.4)

554 548 (98.9) (28.5) (4.2) (0) (1.8) (14.8) (7.1) (43.6)

206 206 (100.0) (27.7) (1.5) (0) (1.9) (19.4) (7.8) (41.7)

21 21 (100.0) (4.8) (14.3) (0) (0) (0) (9.5) (71.4)

135 135 (100.0) (20.0) (3.0) (0) (0.7) (15.6) (22.2) (38.5)

72 70 (97.2) (37.1) (7.1) (0) (0) (11.4) (10.0) (34.3)

65 62 (95.4) (21.0) (1.6) (0) (1.6) (16.1) (21.0) (38.7)

164 162 (98.8) (17.9) (6.2) (0) (0) (27.8) (8.0) (40.1)

11 11 (100.0) (9.1) (0) (0) (0) (27.3) (18.2) (45.5)

87 87 (100.0) (21.8) (2.3) (0) (0) (16.1) (16.1) (43.7)

12 12 (100.0) (8.3) (8.3) (0) (0) (0) (41.7) (41.7)

98 98 (100.0) (22.4) (3.1) (0) (0) (17.3) (14.3) (42.9)

1,181 1,172 (99.2) (30.9) (2.6) (0.2) (0.3) (9.9) (20.2) (35.9)

18 18 (100.0) (5.6) (0) (0) (0) (44.4) (16.7) (33.3)

5 5 (100.0) (20.0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (80.0) (0)

196 196 (100.0) (14.3) (3.6) (0) (0) (12.2) (12.8) (57.1)

199 182 (91.5) (4.9) (2.2) (0) (1.1) (12.1) (33.5) (46.2)

14 14 (100.0) (14.3) (7.1) (0) (0) (57.1) (0) (21.4)

35 28 (80.0) (17.9) (7.1) (0) (0) (3.6) (39.3) (32.1)

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

American Samoa3

Fed. States of Micronesia3

Guam3

Marshall Islands3

N. Mariana Islands3

Puerto Rico3

Republic of Palau3

U.S. Virgin Islands3

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

86 82 (95.3) (53.7) (1.2) (0) (0) (1.2) (29.3) (14.6)

63 59 (93.7) (16.9) (1.7) (1.7) (0) (15.3) (33.9) (30.5)

131 130 (99.2) (46.2) (1.5) (0.8) (0.8) (13.1) (15.4) (22.3)

18 18 (100.0) (0) (0) (0) (44.4) (0) (16.7) (38.9)

68 68 (100.0) (19.1) (1.5) (1.5) (0) (19.1) (39.7) (19.1)

20 20 (100.0) (30.0) (5.0) (0) (25.0) (15.0) (5.0) (20.0)

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

1

Occupation within past 12 months of TB diagnosis. Overall U.S. percentage based on 52 reporting areas (50 states, New York City, and 

the District of Columbia).

2

Excludes New York City.

3

Not included in U.S. totals. 

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