Age-period-cohort analysis of pulmonary tuberculosis reported incidence, China, 2006-2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tuberculosis (TB) poses a severe public health challenge in China and worldwide. This study evaluated the effects of age, period, and birth cohort on reported incidence trends of TB based on population and refined the characteristics of high-risk groups.

Methods

Aggregate data that reported pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) cases from China Tuberculosis Management Information System (TBIMS) from 2006 to 2020 were used to analyze effect coefficients through the age-period-cohort (APC) model based on intrinsic estimator (IE) method, and converted them into relative risk (RR) to estimate trends.

Results

A total of 14.82 million cases of PTB were reported in China from 2006 to 2020, showing a continuous downward trend. The reporting rate increased with age by age gr

SUBMITTER: Dong Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9331155 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature