1971 — Tuberculosis, US death rate 2.18 per 100K, esp. DC/5.8, AL/4.1, TN/3.5, AZ/3.3 –4,501

–4,501 CDC Wonder. Compressed Mortality File, 1968-1978. ICD-8 codes 010-019.

Alabama 145 4.14 (Yellow highlighting denotes above average death rate. )
Alaska 5 1.45
Arizona 62 3.26
Arkansas 56 2.84
California 293 1.44
Colorado 33 1.43
Connecticut 41 1.34
Delaware 13 2.30
District of Columbia 44 5.84 (Higher death rate than any state in the U.S.)
Florida 182 2.54
Georgia 97 2.06
Hawaii 15 1.87
Idaho 6 0.81
Illinois 291 2.59
Indiana 106 2.02
Iowa 22 0.77
Kansas 28 1.25
Kentucky 101 3.06
Louisiana 101 2.72 North Dakota 7 1.12
Maine 22 2.16 Ohio 198 1.84
Maryland 120 2.99 Oklahoma 66 2.52
Massachusetts 104 1.81 Oregon 25 1.16
Michigan 162 1.81 Pennsylvania 318 2.68
Minnesota 34 0.88 Rhode Island 18 1.87
Mississippi 50 2.20 South Carolina 81 3.04
Missouri 110 2.33 South Dakota 9 1.34
Montana 8 1.12 Tennessee 140 3.49
Nebraska 13 0.86 Texas 240 2.08
Nevada 8 1.54 Utah 13 1.18
New Hampshire 3 0.39 Vermont 9 1.98
New Jersey 190 2.61 Virginia 103 2.17
New Mexico 28 2.65 Washington 49 1.42
New York 522 2.84 West Virginia 56 3.16
North Carolina 104 2.00 Wisconsin 47 1.05
Wyoming 3 0.88
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), 1971. Accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov