1970 — Tuberculosis, US death rate 2.56 per 100K, esp. DC/6.8, AL/5.0 WV/4.5 KY/4.3 –5,217

–5,217 CDC Wonder. Compressed Mortality File, 1968-1978. ICD-8 codes 010-019.

Alabama 171 4.96 (Yellow highlighting denotes above average death rate. )
Alaska 10 3.29
Arizona 69 3.87
Arkansas 47 2.44
California 366 1.83
Colorado 33 1.49
Connecticut 49 1.62
Delaware 18 3.28
District of Columbia 52 6.84 (Higher death rate than any state in the U.S.)
Florida 172 2.53
Georgia 110 2.39
Hawaii 12 1.55
Idaho 8 1.12
Illinois 279 2.51
Indiana 123 2.36
Iowa 38 1.34
Kansas 35 1.55
Kentucky 138 4.28
Louisiana 123 3.37 North Dakota 6 0.97
Maine 21 2.11 Ohio 231 2.16
Maryland 163 4.15 Oklahoma 66 2.57
Massachusetts 139 2.44 Oregon 22 1.05
Michigan 183 2.06 Pennsylvania 375 3.18
Minnesota 46 1.21 Rhode Island 24 2.53
Mississippi 43 1.93 South Carolina 76 2.93
Missouri 157 3.35 South Dakota 13 1.93
Montana 15 2.16 Tennessee 137 3.48
Nebraska 10 0.67 Texas 277 2.47
Nevada 6 1.23 Utah 11 1.18
New Hampshire 11 1.49 Vermont 8 1.80
New Jersey 228 3.18 Virginia 139 2.98
New Mexico 28 2.75 Washington 39 1.14
New York 623 3.41 West Virginia 79 4.52
North Carolina 127 2.49 Wisconsin 58 1.31
Wyoming 3 0.90
Source
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Compressed Mortality File 1968-1978. CDC WONDER Online Database. Search for ICD-8 codes 010-019 (Tuberculosis), 1970. Accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov