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Characteristics of Age and Gender to the Incidence of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

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Harinal Resta, Rhona Sandra, Veolina Irman
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Available Online 28 October 2021.
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10.2991/ahsr.k.211026.043How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Characteristics, Age, Gender
Abstract

Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosa. Pulmonary TB is still an infectious disease with a high mortality rate. Various treatment strategies that have been done to break the chain of transmission of pulmonary TB. According to the Indonesian Health Profile report TB disease still has not shown significant progress. Purpose of Research: To provide an overview of the characteristics of people with pulmonary tuberculosis. Method: This research is included in descriptive research with cross sectional methods. The population of this study is all respondents recorded in the book of pulmonary tuberculosis program at Puskesmas Andalas Padang as many as 46 respondents. Sampling in this study is total sampling. This study used secondary data obtained from the Medical Record of Andalas Padang Health Center. Results showed from 46 patients as many as 65.2 or 30 patients aged 14-45 years and from 46 patients as many as 58.7% or 27 patients were respondents with male gender. Conclusion: The incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis occurs a lot at the age of 14-45 years which is a productive age with a higher level of mobility and the risk of inhaling droplets is also high. The incidence of pulmonary TB is dominated by men rather than women.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd Syedza Saintika International Conference on Nursing, Midwifery, Medical Laboratory Technology, Public Health, and Health Information Management (SeSICNiMPH 2021)
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Advances in Health Sciences Research
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28 October 2021
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978-94-6239-444-5
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2468-5739
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10.2991/ahsr.k.211026.043How to use a DOI?
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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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