Analysis of epidemiological characteristics of pulmonary tuberculosis in Yuxi City from 2005 to 2009

Aim To understand the epidemiologicqal characteristics of tuberculosis in Yuxi City and provide scientific basis for formulating effective control progam.Methods The epidemiological characteristics of tuberculosis patients including gender,age,occupation,registration rate,location of residence,time distribution,etc.were surveyed and analyzed with SPSS13.0 software.Results The number of pulmonary tuberculosis in 2005～2009 was 4 148;the registration rate in 2005 was 46.13/100 000 and that was 34.97/100 000 in 2009 with a decreasing trend year by year.The ratios of male to female was 1.85:1.Most of the tuberculosis cases were in the age group of from 25 to 44 years accounting for 36.07% of the total and 81.34% of them were farmers.The average registration rate tuberculosis cases in a mountainous county was as high as 74.42/100 000 higher than that of.It is different from half of mountain and town.(P0.05) there is no seasonal variation of morbidity.Conclusions The prevalence of tuberculosis in this Yuxi is still serious The control practice be targeted at mountainous and rural areas in the population aged from 25 to 44 years.