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Table 48. Tuberculosis Cases and Percentages by Primary Occupation, Age ≥15: Reporting Areas, 2012

Reporting AreaTotal
Cases		Cases with
Information on Occupation		Percentage of Cases by Occupation1
No.(%)UnemployedHealth Care WorkerCorrectional EmployeeMigrant WorkerRetiredNot Seeking EmploymentOther

United States

9,456

9,164

(96.9)

(28.6)

(4.0)

(0.2)

(1.5)

(15.6)

(15.9)

(34.2)

Alabama

130

130

(100.0)

(10.8)

(0.0)

(1.5)

(0.0)

(17.7)

(39.2)

(30.8)

Alaska

57

46

(80.7)

(34.8)

(2.2)

(0.0)

(2.2)

(10.9)

(19.6)

(30.4)

Arizona

201

181

(90.0)

(26.0)

(4.4)

(0.0)

(8.8)

(13.8)

(18.2)

(28.7)

Arkansas

67

67

(100.0)

(19.4)

(1.5)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(25.4)

(6.0)

(47.8)

California

2,102

2,068

(98.4)

(23.9)

(4.2)

(0.1)

(2.4)

(20.6)

(15.4)

(33.4)

Colorado

61

61

(100.0)

(9.8)

(3.3)

(0.0)

(1.6)

(21.3)

(32.8)

(31.1)

Connecticut

73

73

(100.0)

(17.8)

(8.2)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(17.8)

(21.9)

(34.2)

Delaware

28

28

(100.0)

(17.9)

(17.9)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(21.4)

(10.7)

(32.1)

District of Columbia

35

35

(100.0)

(51.4)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(2.9)

(0.0)

(45.7)

Florida

649

630

(97.1)

(64.0)

(2.4)

(0.0)

(0.8)

(3.8)

(5.7)

(23.3)

Georgia

334

330

(98.8)

(36.1)

(2.4)

(0.3)

(2.1)

(10.0)

(13.3)

(35.8)

Hawaii

113

109

(96.5)

(17.4)

(2.8)

(0.0)

(1.8)

(21.1)

(18.3)

(38.5)

Idaho

14

13

(92.9)

(30.8)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(15.4)

(15.4)

(15.4)

(23.1)

Illinois

331

320

(96.7)

(20.0)

(5.9)

(0.0)

(0.3)

(17.8)

(21.3)

(34.7)

Indiana

92

92

(100.0)

(28.3)

(5.4)

(0.0)

(1.1)

(17.4)

(16.3)

(31.5)

Iowa

44

43

(97.7)

(4.7)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(7.0)

(34.9)

(53.5)

Kansas

40

40

(100.0)

(20.0)

(2.5)

(0.0)

(2.5)

(10.0)

(42.5)

(22.5)

Kentucky

77

77

(100.0)

(20.8)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(1.3)

(14.3)

(32.5)

(31.2)

Louisiana

145

131

(90.3)

(39.7)

(3.1)

(0.0)

(1.5)

(15.3)

(10.7)

(29.8)

Maine

15

15

(100.0)

(13.3)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(6.7)

(26.7)

(13.3)

(40.0)

Maryland

210

207

(98.6)

(18.8)

(9.7)

(0.5)

(0.5)

(10.6)

(18.4)

(41.5)

Massachusetts

213

213

(100.0)

(24.4)

(6.6)

(0.0)

(0.5)

(20.2)

(12.7)

(35.7)

Michigan

146

134

(91.8)

(67.9)

(3.0)

(0.7)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(28.4)

Minnesota

139

139

(100.0)

(13.7)

(1.4)

(0.7)

(0.0)

(7.9)

(33.1)

(43.2)

Mississippi

80

80

(100.0)

(46.3)

(1.3)

(1.3)

(0.0)

(13.8)

(12.5)

(25.0)

Missouri

85

2

(2.4)

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Montana

5

5

(100.0)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(40.0)

(20.0)

(40.0)

Nebraska

21

21

(100.0)

(23.8)

(4.8)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(19.0)

(52.4)

Nevada

72

71

(98.6)

(9.9)

(4.2)

(0.0)

(1.4)

(23.9)

(19.7)

(40.8)

New Hampshire

8

8

(100.0)

(25.0)

(12.5)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(12.5)

(50.0)

New Jersey

297

297

(100.0)

(22.9)

(5.7)

(0.0)

(1.3)

(16.5)

(19.5)

(34.0)

New Mexico

40

40

(100.0)

(27.5)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(2.5)

(32.5)

(2.5)

(35.0)

New York State2

203

193

(95.1)

(17.6)

(6.7)

(0.0)

(1.6)

(24.9)

(12.4)

(36.8)

New York City

636

631

(99.2)

(41.8)

(6.5)

(0.0)

(1.3)

(14.1)

(3.5)

(32.8)

North Carolina

196

196

(100.0)

(31.1)

(2.6)

(0.0)

(1.5)

(16.3)

(8.2)

(40.3)

North Dakota

20

5

(25.0)

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Ohio

142

141

(99.3)

(25.5)

(4.3)

(0.0)

(1.4)

(20.6)

(14.9)

(33.3)

Oklahoma

76

63

(82.9)

(23.8)

(9.5)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(15.9)

(3.2)

(47.6)

Oregon

60

60

(100.0)

(18.3)

(1.7)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(10.0)

(20.0)

(50.0)

Pennsylvania

227

223

(98.2)

(26.9)

(4.5)

(0.0)

(0.9)

(21.1)

(11.7)

(35.0)

Rhode Island

21

21

(100.0)

(9.5)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(28.6)

(19.0)

(42.9)

South Carolina

115

114

(99.1)

(29.8)

(3.5)

(0.0)

(0.9)

(25.4)

(12.3)

(28.1)

South Dakota

17

16

(94.1)

(25.0)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(6.3)

(18.8)

(31.3)

(18.8)

Tennessee

154

153

(99.4)

(30.7)

(2.0)

(0.0)

(2.0)

(13.7)

(14.4)

(37.3)

Texas

1,155

1,143

(99.0)

(28.6)

(2.7)

(0.7)

(0.2)

(12.2)

(22.7)

(33.0)

Utah

36

36

(100.0)

(30.6)

(5.6)

(0.0)

(2.8)

(19.4)

(2.8)

(38.9)

Vermont

4

4

(100.0)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(75.0)

(25.0)

Virginia

222

220

(99.1)

(9.1)

(3.6)

(0.0)

(0.5)

(15.0)

(18.6)

(53.2)

Washington

175

173

(98.9)

(9.8)

(4.6)

(0.6)

(3.5)

(15.0)

(30.6)

(35.8)

West Virginia

8

7

(87.5)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(28.6)

(28.6)

(42.9)

Wisconsin

62

58

(93.5)

(8.6)

(3.4)

(0.0)

(1.7)

(19.0)

(31.0)

(36.2)

Wyoming

3

1

(33.3)

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American Samoa3

1

1

(100.0)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(100.0)

(0.0)

(0.0)

Fed. States of Micronesia3

124

124

(100.0)

(62.9)

(0.8)

(0.0)

(1.6)

(1.6)

(15.3)

(17.7)

Guam3

53

53

(100.0)

(30.2)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(24.5)

(5.7)

(39.6)

Marshall Islands3

106

106

(100.0)

(38.7)

(3.8)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(2.8)

(20.8)

(34.0)

N. Mariana Islands3

21

21

(100.0)

(9.5)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(38.1)

(4.8)

(19.0)

(28.6)

Puerto Rico3

70

70

(100.0)

(34.3)

(4.3)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(17.1)

(25.7)

(18.6)

Republic of Palau3

4

4

(100.0)

(25.0)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(0.0)

(50.0)

(0.0)

(25.0)

U.S. Virgin Islands3

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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). Percentages shown only for reporting areas with information reported for ≥75% of cases.

2 Excludes New York City.

3 Not included in U.S. totals.

Note: Ellipses indicate data not available.

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