[Formation of population groups with a higher risk of tuberculosis]

During the years when tuberculosis was diagnosed among all age, sex, social and occupational groups of the population, methodological approaches to the organization of antituberculosis care based on annual antituberculosis preventive activities and covering practically all populations were the only proper measures bringing about their own positive results. Nowadays the annual preventive activities should be launched in those population groups where cases of tuberculosis are detected most frequently. To classify risk factors directly responsible for tuberculosis endemia, questionnaires were sent to 477 newly diagnosed adult patients. The obtained data were computer processed. Unfavourable social and biomedical factors, including alcoholism, unsatisfactory economic, working and living conditions, contact with tuberculosis patients, concurrent diseases and other social factors, have a decisive effect on the tuberculosis morbidity.