Incidence of tuberculosis in the population of Kalisz in the years 1991-2000
Rydzewska, A.; Wieczorek, D.; Król, I.; Lipiński, L.
Przeglad epidemiologiczny 58(3): 493-500
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 0033-2100 PMID: 15730014 Document Number: 574144
The aim of the paper was to study the incidence of tuberculosis in the population of Kalisz in the years 1991-2000. This incidence was analysed in respect to age and sex. Tuberculosis epidemiological status in Kalisz was compared to that observed nationwide. The material were the cases of tuberculosis reported in Kalisz in the years 1991-2000. Descriptive methods of epidemiology were applied for the assessment of data. 378 cases of tuberculosis were registered in Kalisz in the years 1991-2000. Incidence rates in individual years varied from 43.1 in 1996 to 27.8 in 2000. After 1996 a marked fall in the incidence was noted. New cases (78.6% of all) were found in 92 females and 205 males, and relapses (21.4% of all cases) in 21 females and 60 males. The majority of cases were reported in 20-44 year old group (42.3%), and the highest incidence rate was observed in the group of 65 year old patients and older (107.6). The incidence in males was 1.6 to 4.5 times greater than in females.