[Current incidence of the aged among hospitalized tuberculosis patients].
A survey including 10 442 tuberculosis patients hospitalized in a sanatorium showed that 1 086 (10.42%) were 65 years old or older, the proportion increasing from 5.21% in 1964 to 12.78% in 1973 (p less than 0.001). The patients over 70 represented 3.73% of the total, increasing twofold in the course of ten years, from 2.37% to 4.15% (p less than 0.05). There was a rural prevalence, i.e. 11.9% as against 6.85% from urban areas (p less than 0.001), and in the over 70 years age group 4.13% as against 2.74% (p less than 0.001).
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D012383:Romania; D012424:Rural Population; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014505:Urban Population
Incidenţa actuală vîrstnicilor printre bolnavii de tuberculoză sanatorizaţi