A Socio-Epidemiological Study of Tuberculosis in a Rural Area

Five thousand rural adults (aged IS years and above) were studied to find out role of socIal vanabies in the occurrence of tuberculosis in seven villages of R.S.Pura tehsil of Jammu district. During this cross-sectonial study, 25 tubercular cases were found in the adult rural population. Out of 25 cases. 16 were found in the age group of below 45 years and only 9 cases were above -45 years. Men were affected more than women. Smoking and overcrowding were found to be important social factor, significantly related to the higher prevalence or disease. The other social variables like occupation. Ilteracy, socio-economic status and family size were not found to be slglllficantly related to the prevalence of tuberculosIs in thls study.