1952 – Tuberculosis (respiratory), esp. NY/2,462, CA/1,678, PA/1,662, IL/1,385, TX/1,195–22,700

–22,486 States. US PHS Vital Statistics of the US 1954: Vol. II – Mortality Statistics, p. 370.
— 151 AK. US PHS Vital Statistics of the US 1953: Vol. I. …Tables for Alaska, Hawaii…, p. 30.
— 63 HI. US PHS Vital Statistics of the US 1953: Vol. I. …Tables for Alaska, Hawaii…, p. 34.
–22,700 Total. Yellow highlighting denotes top ten highest loss of life states.

Alabama 506 Montana 60
Alaska 151 Nebraska 72
Arizona 362 Nevada 19
Arkansas 455 New Hampshire 42
California 1,678 2nd highest loss New Jersey 772 9th highest loss of life.
Colorado 176 New Mexico 152
Connecticut 223 New York 2,462 Highest loss of life.
Delaware 46 North Carolina 536
District of Columbia 181 North Dakota 35
Florida 465 Ohio 995 6th highest loss of life.
Georgia 413 Oklahoma 299
Hawaii 63 Oregon 138
Idaho 32 Pennsylvania 1,662 3rd highest loss of life.
Illinois 1,385 4th highest loss Rhode Island 86
Indiana 462 South Carolina 306
Iowa 166 South Dakota 67
Kansas 153 Tennessee 828 7th highest loss of life.
Kentucky 778 8th highest loss Texas 1,195 5th highest loss of life.
Louisiana 515 Utah 39
Maine 87 Vermont 52
Maryland 635 Virginia 577
Massachusetts 690 tied 10th highest Washington 238
Michigan 690 tied 10th highest West Virginia 298
Minnesota 192 Wisconsin 217
Mississippi 367 Wyoming 17
Missouri 665

Sources

Public Health Service. U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare. Vital Statistics of the US 1952: Vol. I. Introduction and Summary Tables for Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands. Marriage, Divorce, Natality, Fetal Mortality and Infant Mortality Data. U.S. GPO, 1955. Accessed 6-11-2023 at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsus/VSUS_1952_1.pdf

Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Vital Statistics of the United States 1952, Volume II, Mortality Data. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1955. Accessed 6-11-2023 at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsus/VSUS_1952_2.pdf