Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Tuberculosis (TB) remains to be one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality globally includes Malaysia. This study aimed to describe the epidemiology and distribution of TB case in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya Federal Territory. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted using the secondary data from National Tuberculosis Information System for the period of 2017-2018. RESULTS: During the two-year period, there were a total of 4102 TB cases registered. Of this, 3988(97.2%) cases were adult and 115(2.8%) cases were children. The mean age was 41.32-year-old. There were 302 deaths (Case Fatality Rate: 7.4%) was recorded over the period. The incidence per 100,000 populations were: 1.2 and 1.16 for 2017 and 2018 respectively. The most affected were male (63.4%), age group 25-34 years old (23.3%) and Malaysia nationality (83.8%). Out of the five districts, Kepong had the highest proportion of TB cases (25.7%). A total of 2715(66.2%) from the cases were smoking, 714(17.4%) were diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus and 332(8.1%) with HIV positive. Majority of the cases, 3560 (86.8%) were immunised with BCG (Bacille Calmette-Guerin) and 2488(60.7%) live in flat or apartment type of residence. Among cases live in flat or apartment type of residence, 2130(85.6%) of them were Malaysian, 1506 (60.5%) were male, 1379(55.4%) were Malay, 1211 (48.9%) with secondary level of education and 1337 (53.7%) cases were diagnosed with PTB smear positive. DISCUSSION: Based on these social determinants, effective TB control strategies tailored to the specific group such as urban poor group is vital.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-260,
title = {Review of Tuberculosis Cases in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya Federal Territory, 2017-2018},
author = {Mazni Baharom and Rohani Ismail and Nurul Farhana Mohd Azman and Shuhaily Ishak},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Tuberculosis (TB) remains to be one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality globally includes Malaysia. This study aimed to describe the epidemiology and distribution of TB case in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya Federal Territory. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted using the secondary data from National Tuberculosis Information System for the period of 2017-2018. RESULTS: During the two-year period, there were a total of 4102 TB cases registered. Of this, 3988(97.2%) cases were adult and 115(2.8%) cases were children. The mean age was 41.32-year-old. There were 302 deaths (Case Fatality Rate: 7.4%) was recorded over the period. The incidence per 100,000 populations were: 1.2 and 1.16 for 2017 and 2018 respectively. The most affected were male (63.4%), age group 25-34 years old (23.3%) and Malaysia nationality (83.8%). Out of the five districts, Kepong had the highest proportion of TB cases (25.7%). A total of 2715(66.2%) from the cases were smoking, 714(17.4%) were diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus and 332(8.1%) with HIV positive. Majority of the cases, 3560 (86.8%) were immunised with BCG (Bacille Calmette-Guerin) and 2488(60.7%) live in flat or apartment type of residence. Among cases live in flat or apartment type of residence, 2130(85.6%) of them were Malaysian, 1506 (60.5%) were male, 1379(55.4%) were Malay, 1211 (48.9%) with secondary level of education and 1337 (53.7%) cases were diagnosed with PTB smear positive. DISCUSSION: Based on these social determinants, effective TB control strategies tailored to the specific group such as urban poor group is vital.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya Federal Territory Health Department},
keywords = {Hot spot, Social determinants, tuberculosis},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}