[Tuberculosis trends in Palencia].
OBJECTIVE
To describe the most important epidemiological characteristics and the tendency of the incidence of tuberculosis in Palencia from 1986 to 1999.


METHODS
Descriptive study.


METHODS
Palencia province.


METHODS
1158 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and 177 cases of extrapulmonary tuberculosis.


RESULTS
We reviewed the Obligatory Diseases Declaration and their epidemiological characteristics. We used descriptive statistics, 2 and Student tests, sensibility and positive predictive tests. There were 1158 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and 177 of other tuberculosis. Tuberculosis was more frequent in men (69.2%). The most affected groups of age were 20-29 years old (20.6%) and 20-49 years old (48.2%). The group of age between 60 and 79 years old reported an incidence of 21.8%. 33 of 100 notified cases of AIDS had extrapulmonary tuberculosis and 18% had pulmonary tuberculosis.


CONCLUSIONS
Tuberculosis is an important problem of public health. It's more common in young men and its epidemiological characteristics are similar to AIDS sickness in our environment.
Andrés Puertas
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Sección de Epidemiología. Servicio Territorial de Sanidad y Bienestar Social. Junta de Castilla y León de Palencia. Médico Epidemiólogo. Especialista en Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria. Carmen.Andres@sce.stsbs.pa.jcyl.es
Mateos Baruque
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Alonso Burgos
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González Megido
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013030:Spain; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*