title: [Tuberculosis in Poland in 2010].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the main features of TB epidemiology in 2010 in Poland and to compare with the corresponding EU data.
  
  
  METHODS
  Analysis of case- based clinical and demographic data on TB patients from Central TB Register, of data submitted by laboratories on anti-TB drug susceptibility testing in cases notified in 2010, data from National Institute of Public Health- National Institute of Hygiene on cases of tuberculosis as AIDS-defining disease, from Central Statistical Office on tuberculosis as underlying cause of death based on death certificates, data from ECDC report "Tuberculosis surveillance in Europe 2010".
  
  
  RESULTS
  7509 TB cases were reported in Poland in 2010. The incidence rate was 19.7 cases per 100000, with large variability between voivodeships from 12,8 to 31.9. The mean annual decrease of TB incidence in 2001 - 2010 was 2.9%. 6610 cases had no history of previous treatment i.e. 17.3 per 100000. The number of all notified pulmonary tuberculosis cases was 6992 i.e. 18.3 per 100 000. The proportion ofextrapulmonary tuberculosis was 6.9% (517 cases). TB was diagnosed in 62 children (0.8% of all cases, incidence 1,1). The incidence of tuberculosis increased with age to 34.9 among patients 65 years old and older. The mean age of TB patients was 52.7 years. The incidence among men i.e. 28.0 was more than two times higher than among women i.e. 11.9. The incidence in rural population was slightly lower than in urban, respectively 19.4 and 19.8. Bacteriologically confirmed cases (4585) constituted 65.6% of all pulmonary TB cases. The number of smear positive pulmonary TB cases was 2803 (40.1%). There were 45 cases of tuberculosis registered among foreigners and 215 cases registered among prisoners. There were 30 patients with MDR-TB (0.8% of 3706 cases with DST results). TB was initial AIDS indicative disease in 24 cases. There were 743 deaths due to tuberculosis in 2009 (2.0 TB deaths per 100 000). Mortality among males--3.2--was four times higher than among females--0.8.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In Poland in the last decade the incidence of tuberculosis has decreased by nearly 30% but is higher than the average in EU countries. In 2010 the highest incidence occurred in older age groups and was higher in men. Positive characteristic also when compared with the situation in many EU countries is the low incidence of tuberculosis in children and the low percentage of patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Instytut Gruźlicy i Chorób Płuc, Zakład Epidemiologii i Organizacji Walki z Gruźlica, Warszawa. m.korzeniewska@igichp.edu.pl
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Korzeniewska-Koseła
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014374:Tuberculin Test / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data