NDLI: Assessment of Socio-Demographic Factors of Tuberculosis Incidence in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa Assessment of Socio-Demographic Factors of Tuberculosis Incidence in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

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Assessment of Socio-Demographic Factors of Tuberculosis Incidence in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa Assessment of Socio-Demographic Factors of Tuberculosis Incidence in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

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Author	Obaromi, Davies Yongsong, Qin Ndege, James Odeyemi, Akinwumi Sunday
Copyright Year	2018
Abstract	Background: Socio-economic deprivation and some social vulnerability factors such as income and education level have been linked with tuberculosis incidence in some regions. This study aimed to extend and investigate the multimodel relationships between some socio-economic and demographic factors on the relative risk of Tuberculosis (TB) incidence in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, using the Poisson regression model. Methods: Ecological study of TB prevalence in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, in 2014 was investigated. We evaluated data from Electronic Tuberculosis Register (ETR), an electronic notification system for TB cases for the health sub-districts in the Province. Three socio-economic indicators and three demographic factors all calculated per sub-district were used. The data were analysed with a Bayesian regression model assuming a Poisson distribution for the observed new cases of TB in each health sub-district. Results: The Bayesian regression model confirmed the relationship between demographic factors and TB distribution in the Eastern Cape Province. We demonstrated that the rate of TB incidence was positively correlated with average household size and the population density of each area. Socioeconomic factors were not significant in any of the models. Conclusion: This study signifies that the prevalence and incidence of TB in the Eastern Cape Province are more demographic dependent than socio-economic.
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