Tuberculous pericarditis epidemiology and demographics
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Varun Kumar, M.B.B.S.; Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan, M.B.B.S.
Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
Prevalence
- The prevalence of tuberculous pericarditis is approximately 1-2% of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.[1][2]
Case-fatality rate/Mortality rate
- In [year], the incidence of [disease name] is approximately [number range] per 100,000 individuals with a case-fatality rate/mortality rate of [number range]%.
- The case-fatality rate/mortality rate of [disease name] is approximately [number range].
Age
- Patients of all age groups may develop tuberculous pericarditis.
- The incidence of tuberculous pericarditis increases with age.
- Tuberculous pericarditis commonly affects elderly
Race
- Tuberculous pericarditis usually affects individuals of the black race.
Gender
- Men are more commonly affected by tuberculous pericarditis than female.
Region
- Since the prevalence of tuberculous pericarditis may follow tuberculosis prevalence, The majority of tuberculous pericarditis cases are reported in:
- South Africa
- Indonesia
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- India
- China
Developed Countries
- After the resurgence of TB in the mid-1980s, the number of case counts steadily increased, peaking in 1992.[3]
- Since the 1992 TB resurgence peak in the United States, the number of TB cases reported has decreased annually.
- The year 2014 marked the twenty-second year of decline in the total number of TB cases reported in the United States since the peak of the resurgence.
- In 2014, a total of 9,421 cases were reported from the 50 states and the District of Columbia (DC).
- This represented a decline of 1.5% from 2013.
- The number of cases per 100,000 in 2013 and 2014 has been stable at a rate of 3.0.
References
- ↑ Fowler NO (1991). "Tuberculous pericarditis". JAMA. 266 (1): 99–103. PMID 2046135.
- ↑ Larrieu AJ, Tyers GF, Williams EH, Derrick JR (1980). "Recent experience with tuberculous pericarditis". Ann Thorac Surg. 29 (5): 464–8. PMID 7377888.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 "WHO 2016 TB Report" (PDF).