Retrospective analysis of tuberculosis incidence in children and adolescents of Poltava region in 2019–2023
Purpose. The aim of the study was to assess the incidence of tuberculosis among children and adolescents in Ukraine and Poltava region in 2019–2023. Materials and methods. Methods: a systematic approach and analysis, a bibliosemantic method, a medical-statistical method. Materials: analytical and statistical reference books “Tuberculosis in Ukraine” for 2019–2023 from the State Institution “Center for Public Health of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine”. Results. In Poltava region, the growth rate of the indicator in all age groups is positive, the incidence is at an average level compared to other regions, but incidence is increasing, the largest increase was observed in the age group 15–17 years, this figure in 2023 was twice as high as the national one. The prevalence of all active forms of tuberculosis among different age groups decreased in all regions and in Ukraine, the rate in Poltava region is at an average level compared to others, but exceeded the national rate for all years of the study period. Among children the rate in the 0–14 age group for all years of the study period was significantly lower than the corresponding indicator in Ukraine, in the 0–17 age group it was close to the national one, with an excess in 2022. Conclusions. The analysis of the incidence of tuberculosis among children and adolescents we determined that in Poltava region the incidence of tuberculosis is increasing, the largest increase was observed in the age group of 15–17 years, and in the same age group there was a significant exceeding the national prevalence of active forms of tuberculosis. In addition, the prevalence of active forms of tuberculosis exceeded the national rate for the entire study period.