Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

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Increased Tuberculosis Burden Due to Demographic Transition in Korea from 2001 to 2010

  • Park, Young Kil (Korean Institute of Tuberculosis) ;
  • Park, Yoon-Sung (Division of HIV and TB Control, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) ;
  • Na, Kyoung In (Division of HIV and TB Control, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) ;
  • Cho, En Hi (Division of HIV and TB Control, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) ;
  • Shin, Sang-Sook (Korean Institute of Tuberculosis) ;
  • Kim, Hee Jin (Korean Institute of Tuberculosis)
  • Received : 2012.10.31
  • Accepted : 2013.03.13
  • Published : 2013.03.30
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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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