Epidemiology of Tuberculosis: Current Status in District Dir (lower) Pakistan

Among infectious diseases the Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality. The present study was carried out in district Dir (Lower) Khyber Pukhtoon Khwa Pakistan. The aim of the study was to find out the prevalence of TB among the local population in district Dir (L). A descriptive study was design. The data were collected from different hospitals located in different area of district Dir (L). The data were analyzed for area wise distribution, area wise comparison, gender wise distribution and comparison and age wise distribution. From January 2011 to December 2011 total 1332 sample populations were analyzed. Out of total samples the 513 (38.51%) were positive and 819 (61.49%) were found negative. The area wise distribution shows that the high number of TB cases was reported in Shamshi Khan (54.62%) where, the lowest cases were recorded in Chakdara (28.04%). The results show that the female (53.22%) are more infected than male (46.78%). The occurrence of high TB patients (24.37%) was recorded in age group 2: (>10-20 years) while the lowest of TB patients (3.7%) were recorded in age group 1: (0-10 years). From this study it was concluded that the TB is still prevalent in district Dir (L) and affect the most productive age group.