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http://dx.doi.org/10.4046/trd.2013.74.3.104

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)

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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases / v.74, no.3, 2013 , pp. 104-110 More about this Journal

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.

Keywords

Tuberculosis; Population Dynamics; Aging;

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