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Increased Tuberculosis Burden Due to Demographic Transition in Korea from 2001 to 2010 / 결핵및호흡기질환
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases ; : 104-110, 2013.
Artigo em Inglês | 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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Texto completo: DisponíveL Índice: WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental) Assunto principal: Tuberculose / Envelhecimento / Dinâmica Populacional / Crescimento Demográfico / Coreia (Geográfico) Limite: Idoso / Humanos País/Região como assunto: Ásia Idioma: Inglês Revista: Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases Ano de publicação: 2013 Tipo de documento: Artigo

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Texto completo: DisponíveL Índice: WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental) Assunto principal: Tuberculose / Envelhecimento / Dinâmica Populacional / Crescimento Demográfico / Coreia (Geográfico) Limite: Idoso / Humanos País/Região como assunto: Ásia Idioma: Inglês Revista: Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases Ano de publicação: 2013 Tipo de documento: Artigo