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Notified Tuberculosis in the Republic of Korea, 2018
- Date2019-03-28 19:50
- Update2019-11-19 19:25
- DivisionDivision of Strategic Planning for Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Notified Tuberculosis in the Republic of Korea, 2018
Kim Hye Rim, Shin Jee Yeon, Kim Hee Ae, Lee Jae Eun, Kim Jong Hee, Kong In Sik
Division of TB and HIV/AIDS Control, Center for Disease Prevention, KCDC
In 2018, the overall notification rate of new TB cases was 51.5 per 100,000 population, with a reduction of 6.4% from the previous year rate, and decreasing patterns observed in almost all age groups. However, 45.5% of new TB cases involved elderly patients aged 65 years or older, and showed new epidemiological transition, compared to 10 years ago (27.5%). The region with the highest tuberculosis notification rates per 100,000 population was in Jeonnam (75.6), followed by Gangwon (75.3) and Gyeongbuk (69.5). The crude incidence in foreign-born new TB patients decreased from 1,632 in 2017 to 1,398 in 2018, and the number of multidrug-resistant TB cases dropped from 681 in 2017 to 618 in 2018. To reduce the TB burden, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been strengthening the "The Second National TB Control Plan, 2018-2022," applied in recent situation in the Republic of Korea and resolution from the first UN high-level meeting on TB.
Keywords: Tuberculosis, TB patients, Epidemiological transition, Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Kim Hye Rim, Shin Jee Yeon, Kim Hee Ae, Lee Jae Eun, Kim Jong Hee, Kong In Sik
Division of TB and HIV/AIDS Control, Center for Disease Prevention, KCDC
In 2018, the overall notification rate of new TB cases was 51.5 per 100,000 population, with a reduction of 6.4% from the previous year rate, and decreasing patterns observed in almost all age groups. However, 45.5% of new TB cases involved elderly patients aged 65 years or older, and showed new epidemiological transition, compared to 10 years ago (27.5%). The region with the highest tuberculosis notification rates per 100,000 population was in Jeonnam (75.6), followed by Gangwon (75.3) and Gyeongbuk (69.5). The crude incidence in foreign-born new TB patients decreased from 1,632 in 2017 to 1,398 in 2018, and the number of multidrug-resistant TB cases dropped from 681 in 2017 to 618 in 2018. To reduce the TB burden, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been strengthening the "The Second National TB Control Plan, 2018-2022," applied in recent situation in the Republic of Korea and resolution from the first UN high-level meeting on TB.
Keywords: Tuberculosis, TB patients, Epidemiological transition, Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
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