Increased Tuberculosis Burden Due to Demographic Transition in Korea from 2001 to 2010 / 결핵및호흡기질환
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
;
: 104-110, 2013.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-149910
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Notified tuberculosis (TB) cases in Korea have not decreased over the last decade (2001-2010).METHODS:
To clarify the reasons, we analyzed an annual report on notified tuberculosis patients and age-specific population drift in Korea.RESULTS:
Compared to the age-specific notified TB cases between 2001 and 2010, distinctive features in notified TB cases and new cases increased markedly in people aged 45-54 years and in patients over 65 years old, whereas those between 15-34 years in 2010 decreased drastically. In particular, notified TB individuals over 65 years old occupied 29.6% of the cases in 2010, which was 1.5 times higher than that in 2001. The main reason not to decrease in notified TB patients for the last decade (2001-2010) was due to the increasing elderly population as well as the aging of baby boomers, which have a higher risk of TB development.CONCLUSION:
Korea needs to pay attention to the older population in order to successfully decrease the burden of TB in the future.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Tuberculosis
/
Aging
/
Population Dynamics
/
Population Growth
/
Korea
Limits:
Aged
/
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
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