title: [Incidence of tuberculosis in the population of Kalisz in the years 1991-2000].
abstract: The aim of the paper was to study the incidence of tuberculosis in the population of Kalisz in the years 1991-2000. This incidence was analysed in respect to age and sex. Tuberculosis epidemiological status in Kalisz was compared to that observed nationwide. The material were the cases of tuberculosis reported in Kalisz in the years 1991-2000. Descriptive methods of epidemiology were applied for the assessment of data. 378 cases of tuberculosis were registered in Kalisz in the years 1991-2000. Incidence rates in individual years varied from 43.1 in 1996 to 27.8 in 2000. After 1996 a marked fall in the incidence was noted. New cases (78.6% of all) were found in 92 females and 205 males, and relapses (21.4% of all cases) in 21 females and 60 males. The majority of cases were reported in 20-44 year old group (42.3%), and the highest incidence rate was observed in the group of 65 year old patients and older (107.6). The incidence in males was 1.6 to 4.5 times greater than in females.
authors.affiliation: Pracownia Ochrony Srodowiska Katedry Biologii i Ochrony Srodowiska Akademii Medycznej im. K. Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rydzewska
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wieczorek
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Król
authors.forename: Leszek
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lipiński
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control