Age-Specific Pulmonary Tuberculosis Notification Rates - China, 2008-2018
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1National Centre for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
What Is Already Known About This Topic?:
The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) was declining in China but has plateaued in recent years.
What Is Added By This Report?:
Notifications of pulmonary TB declined by 27.7% between 2008 and 2018, with an average crude decline of 3.4% per year and an average age-adjusted decline of 4.3% per year. Notifications decreased faster among older people, but slower in western China; the combination of trends led to an inflection in 2016 in the overall notification trend from decreasing to stable.
What Are The Implications For Public Health Practice?:
Population ageing and geographic disparities slowed tuberculosis control progress in China. Enhanced, targeted, and proactive responses are recommended to achieve the End TB targets.
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