Can Social History Variables Predict Prison Inmates’ Risk for Latent Tuberculosis Infection?

Table 1

Annual TB surveillance testing of incarcerated individuals, Ohio, 2004–2009^a.

Year	ODRC			PCI
	Tested	Positive TST		Tested	Positive TST
		𝑁	(%)		𝑁	(%)
2004	39,090	159	(0.41)	1,398	8	(0.57)
2005	39,448	132	(0.33)	1,362	0	(0)
2006	42,452	117	(0.28)	2,257	3	(0.13)
2007	44,812	91	(0.20)	2,171	15	(0.69)
2008	46,236	76	(0.16)	2,207	1	(0.05)
2009	46,875	28	(0.06)	1,738	0	(0)
Total	258,913	603	(0.23)	11,133	27	(0.24)

^aInmates with previously positive TST were not retested.
ODRC: Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction; PCI: Pickaway Correctional Institution; TST: tuberculin skin test.