Tuberculosis, Southern Style

Georgia recently ranked as the 6th worse state for tuberculosis outbreaks.

Georgia ranks sixth worst among states for TB. Atlanta's rate — 14.2 cases per 100,000 — is 2.5 times the national average.

Last year in Georgia, 537 cases of TB were reported and 25 deaths. Fulton County saw 116 new cases; black people accounted for about 78 percent of the cases but comprise 44 percent of the county's population.

That's pretty ironic, considering Atlanta is the headquarters for the Center for Disease Control.