2014, Number 1
Tuberculosis morbidity in the municipality of San Miguel del Padrón
Language: Spanish
References: 19
Page: 13-22
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: tuberculosis is a communicable disease and one of the most studied and feared in the history of mankind, of infectious origin, curable, preventable and nowadays a re-emerging disease.Objective: to describe the characteristics of tuberculosis morbidity in the municipality of San Miguel del Padrón, Havana province, during the years 2004 to 2010.
Methods: a retrospective, cross-sectional, descriptive study was performed in a universe of 107 patients diagnosed with tuberculosis. It was analyzed sociodemographic variables: age, sex, form of location and distribution by popular councils, as well as associated risk factors.
Results: it was observed a predominance of males in the years 2008 and 2010, age groups 65 and over, and 30-44 behaved with rates of 15.1x104 and 12.5x104 respectively; pulmonary localization was the most frequent and predominated in the years 2008 and 2010, and alcoholism as a risk factor with 48.6 %, followed by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and diabetes mellitus.
Conclusion: Luyanó Moderno Popular Council, of San Miguel del Padrón municipality, of the Cuban capital, had the highest number of cases with tuberculosis.
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