J Yazdani Charati - Health Sciences Research Center, Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
M Moradi - Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran and employee of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences,Sannadaj,Iran

Background and purpose: Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection that is commonly caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. As Kurdistan province is close to Iraq (risky due to political instability in recent years), the Bane city had high interaction with Iraq, so the aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of tuberculosis in Bane (Kurdistan) between ۲۰۰۳ and ۲۰۱۰. Materials and Methods: This descriptive longitudinal study was done from ۲۰۰۳ to ۲۰۱۰. The number of people with TB was ۹۴ cases taken from the registry. The data included age, sex, type of disease, age and place of registration. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical methods through SPSS ۲۰ software. Results: Among the ۹۴ cases recorded in this analysis, the women had higher percentage than men (۴۱.۴۹ percent and ۵۸.۵۱ for men and women, respectively) and the incidence rates were found to be ۷.۹۳ in men and ۱۱.۶۴ in women ۱۰۰۰۰۰ persons therefore, there were significant differences between men and women (a p-value <۰.۰۱) in all patients in this study. Fifty five percent were from the urban and some others the rural areas and ۹۸.۹ percent of them were from Iran. Conclusion: The incidence rate of tuberculosis in females is higher than males. In addition, the average delay time of symptoms to diagnosis was ۱۹۱ days, so this time, it is relatively high because TB is an infectious disease.

Tuberculosis, Bane, Incidence Rate, Extra pulmonary