76 Table 40. Primary Reason for Tuberculosis Evaluation1: Reporting Areas, 2016

TB 

symptoms

Abnormal chest Contact Targeted Health care Administrative Immigrant medical 

Total radiograph investigation testing worker testing exam 

Reporting area No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) 

United States 9,272 5,178 (55.8) 1,884 (20.3) 345 (3.7) 355 (3.8) 20 (0.2) 67 (0.7) 204 (2.2) Alabama 112 39 (34.8) 41 (36.6) 7 (6.3) 4 (3.6) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0.9) 

Alaska 57 22 (38.6) 9 (15.8) 8 (14.0) 13 (22.8) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 

Arizona 188 96 (51.1) 20 (10.6) 3 (1.6) 48 (25.5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (1.6) 

Arkansas 91 23 (25.3) 27 (29.7) 6 (6.6) 7 (7.7) 0 (0) 3 (3.3) 3 (3.3) 

California 2,062 1,226 (59.5) 422 (20.5) 54 (2.6) 36 (1.7) 3 (0.1) 21 (1.0) 45 (2.2) 

Colorado 64 54 (84.4) 3 (4.7) 1 (1.6) 5 (7.8) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) Connecticut 52 36 (69.2) 5 (9.6) 1 (1.9) 1 (1.9) 0 (0) 2 (3.8) 0 (0) Delaware 16 13 (81.3) 2 (12.5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) District of Columbia 25 18 (72.0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) Florida 639 260 (40.7) 213 (33.3) 21 (3.3) 9 (1.4) 3 (0.5) 0 (0) 13 (2.0) Georgia 302 146 (48.3) 77 (25.5) 27 (8.9) 7 (2.3) 1 (0.3) 0 (0) 10 (3.3) 

Hawaii 119 61 (51.3) 17 (14.3) 6 (5.0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (3.4) 14 (11.8) Idaho 18 7 (38.9) 3 (16.7) 4 (22.2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (5.6) 1 (5.6) 

Illinois 342 215 (62.9) 66 (19.3) 7 (2.0) 2 (0.6) 0 (0) 4 (1.2) 10 (2.9) 

Indiana 109 54 (49.5) 15 (13.8) 7 (6.4) 3 (2.8) 3 (2.8) 1 (0.9) 14 (12.8) Iowa 48 31 (64.6) 5 (10.4) 0 (0) 1 (2.1) 1 (2.1) 3 (6.3) 1 (2.1) 

Kansas 39 14 (35.9) 7 (17.9) 0 (0) 7 (17.9) 0 (0) 1 (2.6) 0 (0) Kentucky 91 54 (59.3) 22 (24.2) 3 (3.3) 3 (3.3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (1.1) 

Louisiana 127 81 (63.8) 27 (21.3) 5 (3.9) 1 (0.8) 1 (0.8) 0 (0) 2 (1.6) 

Maine 23 14 (60.9) 3 (13.0) 1 (4.3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (8.7) 

Maryland 220 132 (60.0) 40 (18.2) 3 (1.4) 9 (4.1) 0 (0) 2 (0.9) 3 (1.4) 

Massachusetts 190 107 (56.3) 64 (33.7) 2 (1.1) 2 (1.1) 0 (0) 1 (0.5) 2 (1.1) 

Michigan 133 76 (57.1) 32 (24.1) 3 (2.3) 2 (1.5) 0 (0) 1 (0.8) 5 (3.8) 

Minnesota 168 136 (81.0) 1 (0.6) 8 (4.8) 6 (3.6) 0 (0) 1 (0.6) 15 (8.9) 

Mississippi 61 14 (23.0) 25 (41.0) 5 (8.2) 1 (1.6) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 

Missouri 101 62 (61.4) 9 (8.9) 3 (3.0) 7 (6.9) 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (3.0) 

Montana 4 3 (75.0) 1 (25.0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 

Nebraska 28 12 (42.9) 3 (10.7) 3 (10.7) 1 (3.6) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 

Nevada 56 31 (55.4) 7 (12.5) 3 (5.4) 2 (3.6) 0 (0) 1 (1.8) 3 (5.4) 

New Hampshire 15 8 (53.3) 4 (26.7) 1 (6.7) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (6.7) 

New Jersey 294 171 (58.2) 58 (19.7) 8 (2.7) 1 (0.3) 2 (0.7) 2 (0.7) 4 (1.4) 

New Mexico 39 23 (59.0) 10 (25.6) 0 (0) 4 (10.3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (2.6) 
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Table 40. (Con’t) Primary Reason for Tuberculosis Evaluation1: Reporting Areas, 2016

TB Abnormal chest Contact Targeted Health care Administrative Immigrant medica

Total symptoms radiograph investigation testing worker testing exam 

Reporting area No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) 

New York State2 203 93 (45.8) 45 (22.2) 6 (3.0) 7 (3.4) 1 (0.5) 2 (1.0) 1 (0.5) 

New York City 565 357 (63.2) 95 (16.8) 10 (1.8) 19 (3.4) 0 (0) 4 (0.7) 8 (1.4) 

North Carolina 219 92 (42.0) 52 (23.7) 10 (4.6) 1 (0.5) 0 (0) 1 (0.5) 0 (0) 

North Dakota 22 17 (77.3) 2 (9.1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 

Ohio 140 46 (32.9) 56 (40.0) 1 (0.7) 2 (1.4) 0 (0) 2 (1.4) 3 (2.1) 

Oklahoma 78 38 (48.7) 18 (23.1) 7 (9.0) 2 (2.6) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (2.6) 

Oregon 70 54 (77.1) 7 (10.0) 2 (2.9) 1 (1.4) 0 (0) 2 (2.9) 1 (1.4) 

Pennsylvania 173 109 (63.0) 32 (18.5) 3 (1.7) 5 (2.9) 0 (0) 2 (1.2) 5 (2.9) Rhode Island 12 5 (41.7) 5 (41.7) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (8.3) South Carolina 102 31 (30.4) 32 (31.4) 16 (15.7) 1 (1.0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) South Dakota 12 5 (41.7) 2 (16.7) 2 (16.7) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) Tennessee 103 50 (48.5) 32 (31.1) 2 (1.9) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (1.9) 

Texas 1,250 732 (58.6) 186 (14.9) 66 (5.3) 130 (10.4) 0 (0) 3 (0.2) 19 (1.5) Utah 20 13 (65.0) 4 (20.0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (5.0) 

Vermont 5 4 (80.0) 1 (20.0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 

Virginia 205 157 (76.6) 26 (12.7) 7 (3.4) 3 (1.5) 1 (0.5) 3 (1.5) 0 (0) Washington 205 109 (53.2) 36 (17.6) 11 (5.4) 1 (0.5) 3 (1.5) 0 (0) 4 (2.0) West Virginia 14 7 (50.0) 5 (35.7) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 

Wisconsin 40 19 (47.5) 10 (25.0) 2 (5.0) 1 (2.5) 1 (2.5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 

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

American Samoa3 1 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (100.0) 0 (0) 

Fed. States of Micronesia3 126 81 (64.3) 2 (1.6) 38 (30.2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0.8) 1 (0.8) 

Guam3 75 40 (53.3) 12 (16.0) 15 (20.0) 1 (1.3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (5.3) 

Marshall Islands3 179 119 (66.5) 50 (27.9) 9 (5.0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 

N. Mariana Islands3 27 17 (63.0) 4 (14.8) 6 (22.2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 

Puerto Rico3 69 20 (29.0) 33 (47.8) 14 (20.3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) Republic of Palau3 21 16 (76.2) 2 (9.5) 1 (4.8) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (9.5) U.S. Virgin Islands3 0 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 

1Each TB patient has only one primary reason for TB evaluation.2Excludes New York City.3Not included in U.S. totals.

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