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. 2017 Nov 6;7(1):14601.
doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-15024-1.

The burden and challenges of tuberculosis in China: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

Sui Zhu  1 , Lan Xia  2 , Shicheng Yu  3 , Saobing Chen  1 , Juying Zhang  4
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The burden and challenges of tuberculosis in China: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

Sui Zhu et al. Sci Rep. .

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Abstract

To achieve the End Tuberculosis (TB) Strategy, it is important to understand the characteristics of TB in China, which may provide the government with important clues for controlling TB by 2030. Data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 (GBD 2015) and Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) were reviewed and analysed. The age-standardized death rate decreased by 83.79% [95% uncertainty interval (UI) 73.06-87.10] from 1990 to 2015. The age-standardized prevalence of TB in males decreased steadily by 33.88% (95% UI 29.35-37.67) but nearly increased by 6.24% (95% UI -2.02-15.07) in females from 1990 to 2015. Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) were higher in males than in females, and the highest TB burden was found in the elderly (70+ years of age). Over the period 1990-2015, the attributable age-standardized DALY rates for smoking decreased by 12.98% (95% UI 2.40-24.27), but increased for alcohol use and high fasting plasma glucose (HFPG). Greater attention should be paid to females especially in the under 5 years of age group, and more latent reasons explaining TB DALYs should be explored in future studies.

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The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Figure 1
Age-standardized death rates of TB decreased from 1990 to 2015 for both sexes in China. The age-standardized death rates decreased annually, and the male age-standardized death rates were always higher than were the female rates from 1990 to 2015.
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Figure 2
Age-standardized DALYs of TB decreased from 1990 to 2015 for both sexes in China. The burden of TB in males was much higher than in females, and the total DALYs of TB decreased from 5.59 million (95% UI 4.31–6.68) in 1990 to 1.84 million (95% UI 1.54–2.48) in 2015.
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Figure 3
Changes in the age-standardized DALYs PAFs of TB from 1990 to 2015 for both sexes in China. Over the period 1990–2015, the attributable age-standardized DALY rates decreased for smoking, but increased for alcohol use and HFPG risk factors for both sexes.
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