Trends in pulmonary tuberculosis mortality between 1985 and 2018: an observational analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is a major source of global morbidity and mortality. Latent infection has enabled it to spread to a quarter of the world's population. The late 1980s and early 1990s saw an increase in the number of TB cases related to the HIV epidemic, and the spread of multidrug-resistant TB. Few studies have reported pulmonary TB mortality trends. Our study reports and compares trends in pulmonary TB mortality.

Methods

We utilized the World Health Organization (WHO) mortality database from 1985 through 2018 to analyze TB mortality using the International Classification of Diseases-10 codes. Based on the availability and quality of data, we investigated 33 countries including two countries from the Americas; 28 countries from Europe; and 3 countries f

SUBMITTER: Singh H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10224609 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature