Population aging and trends of pulmonary tuberculosis incidence in the elderly

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 2 Incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis in Shandong, China, 2005–2017

	Incidence per 100,000 population													Change^a(%)
	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2005–2017
Total	33.56	37.43	39.74	41.83	39.78	38.41	35.59	36.28	35.47	33.57	31.16	28.48	27.50	−18.06%
Total(≥60)	78.79	81.36	88.75	88.30	77.63	74.43	67.23	71.04	65.96	61.14	58.77	52.87	51.31	−34.88%
Total(<60)	26.72	30.26	31.43	33.98	33.11	31.90	29.54	29.31	28.97	27.43	24.66	22.50	21.64	−19.01%
P value	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
Sex(≥60)
Male	122.05	124.83	136.02	134.83	117.17	114.12	101.50	107.40	98.76	91.51	88.82	78.25	75.41	−38.21%
Female	34.32	36.76	40.29	40.66	37.06	33.71	31.94	33.35	32.00	29.62	27.61	26.69	26.68	−22.26%
Sex(<60)
Male	34.28	38.8	40.45	43.54	43.09	41.84	38.53	38.41	37.96	35.99	32.77	29.78	28.88	−15.75%
Female	18.94	21.5	22.16	24.17	22.85	21.67	20.28	19.9	19.68	18.55	16.24	14.95	14.14	−25.34%
P value	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
Patients type(≥60)
Bacteriologically confirmed PTB	67.32	65.67	63.5	58.84	51.44	47.88	35.73	28.42	24.75	16.83	15.43	14.57	13.13	−80.5%
Clinically diagnosed PTB	11.48	15.71	25.29	29.5	26.21	26.6	31.51	42.54	41.16	44.28	43.34	38.41	38.42	234.67%
Patients type(<60)
Bacteriologically confirmed PTB	21.24	22.9	20.42	19.75	19.15	17.89	13.51	10.22	9.14	6.11	5.05	4.66	4.12	−80.6%
Clinically diagnosed PTB	5.48	7.36	11.01	14.23	13.95	14.01	16.03	19.09	19.83	21.32	19.61	17.85	17.52	219.71%
P value	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01

PTB Pulmonary tuberculosis
^aThe % changes were calculated as follows: (incidence in 2017 – incidence in 2005)/incidence in 2005

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