Tuberculosis in North Carolina: Trends Across Two Decades

Authors

Hamisu M. Salihu, University of South FloridaFollow
Eknath Naik, University of South FloridaFollow
William F. O'Brien, University of South Florida
Getachew A. Dagne, University of South FloridaFollow
Raoul Ratard, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Thomas Mason, University of South FloridaFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2001

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0707.017739

Abstract

In North Carolina, we analyzed cumulative data for tuberculosis (TB) from 1980 through 1999 to determine trends in incidence, population subgroups at risk, and implications for health policy-makers. The overall incidence rates declined significantly over the study period (p = 0.0001). This decline correlates strongly with an increase in TB patients receiving directly observed therapy. Males have approximately twice the risk for disease, and persons 65 years of age are at the highest risk. For every Caucasian with TB, six blacks, six Hispanics, and eight Asians have the disease. TB incidence rates are declining in all other population subgroups but increasing in foreign-born and Hispanic persons.

Was this content written or created while at USF?

Yes

Citation / Publisher Attribution

Emerging Infectious Diseases, v. 7, issue 7, p. 570-574

Scholar Commons Citation

Salihu, Hamisu M.; Naik, Eknath; O'Brien, William F.; Dagne, Getachew A.; Ratard, Raoul; and Mason, Thomas, "Tuberculosis in North Carolina: Trends Across Two Decades" (2001). Internal Medicine Faculty Publications. 137.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/intmed_facpub/137