Altitude: Is determinant for tuberculosis incidence?
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2006
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Özet
In the last year, there have been very important improvements about tuberculosis (TB) all over the world. In this study, it was researched TB control studies at two cities in Turkey between 1999 and 2003 in order to determined the factors affecting to TB prevalence. The forms using those dispensaries in two cities to informing about diagnosis and treatment of TB have been investigated retrospectively. In This period, 2387 new TB patients were determined in Diyarbakir, 1844 (77.2 %) of them were pulmonary TB and 543 (22.8 %) extrapulmonary TB. 691 (37.5 %) with pulmonary TB were smear positive. In same period, 375 new TB patients were determined in Kars, 276 (73.6 %) of them were pulmonary TB and 99 (26.4 %) extrapulmonary TB. 50 (18.1 %) patients with pulmonary TB were smear positive. The average incidence of TB was 37.55/100000 in Diyarbakir and 19.59/100000 in Kars (p<0.05). The average incidence of pulmonary TB was 29.04/100000 in Diyarbakir and 14.53/100000 in Kars (p<0.05). The altitude at Diyarbakir is 660 meters and 1768 meters in Kars. According to research from the State Planning Organization of Turkey, there has been an important difference regarding the rates of urbanization and rates of literacy between two city (p<0.05). It was thought that the significant difference regarding incidence of TB between two cities was due to the difference of altitude of those city (2.3 times). Moreover, it was thought that some socioeconomic parameters could be affective on TB prevalence. However, some extensive study should be carrying out to clearly understand the factors affecting TB prevalence.
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Altitude, Socioeconomic Factors, Tuberculosis
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