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Health Problems of Civilization Physical activity: diseases and issues recognized by the WHO
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4/2017
vol. 11
 
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Original paper

DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AS RISK FACTORS FOR ACTIVE TUBERCULOSIS

Edyta Kawka
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,
Maria Kozioł-Montewka
1
,
Aneta Filipek-Czerska
1

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Pope John Paul II State School of Higher Education in Biała Podlaska, Poland
Health Prob Civil. 2017; 11(4): 226-232
Online publish date: 2018/01/24
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Background. The incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis is dependent on many factors, not just health but also demographics. The primary objective of the study was to identify and evaluate selected risk factors for active tuberculosis in patients treated in the former specialist clinic in the eastern part of Lublin Province and to compare them with the ones researched by other authors.

Material and methods. The work was retrospective as it concerns the analysis of the data drawn from the records of 100 patients with active tuberculosis. The information on the examined patients included the following parameters: sex, age, place of residence and marital status.

Results. The majority of the studied population were male (69.0%), among whom the highest proportion concerned the fourth age group, i.e. 51-60 years old (mean 36.3%). As for sex and place of residence of the patients, the proportion of the infected men living in the country was twice as high (68.7%) when compared to women (31.3%). However, there were no differences with regard to the subpopulation percentage of women (67.8%) and men (66.7%). In turn, considering the sex and marital status of the examined persons, we found that the highest proportion of men were bachelors − 39.1%, while the percentage of married persons was similar among men (56, 5%) and women (58.1%).

Conclusions. The analysis of the data shows that in the studied area pulmonary tuberculosis is most common among married men aged 51-60 years living in the country.
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pulmonary tuberculosis, epidemiology, risk factors, male, female


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