Epidemiological analysis of 1649 pulmonary tuberculosis patients

Objective To analyze the prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis in Xinjiang.Methods The patients treatment in Xinjiang Autonomous Region People Hospital in 2007~2010 were analyzed with descriptive epidemiology.Results In 2007~2010 altogether 1 649 pulmmonary tuberculosis cases werediagnosed and treatment and 54.51% of the cases were in the age group of 20~59 year old.The seasonal distribution and incidence of tuberculosis in different age groups and years showed no signficant difference.Conclusions Integrated control measures be adopted based on the epidemiological situation to reduce the morbidity of tuberculosis.