1. Institute for Tuberculosis, Lung Diseases and Thoracic Surgery TB in Slovakia Ivan Solovič,MD,PhD.

2. Tuberculosis in Slovakia - 1960-2002

3. TB Slovakia

4. TB in Slovakia 1 9 8 8 – 2 0 0 2 Number of cases All TB cases smear +
culture +
Number of cases
1988
2002
1988
2002
1988
2002

5. TB 2002 sex and age structure

6. Incidence of TB in regions of Slovakia - 2002
0 – 15
15 – 20
20 – 25
25 – 30 ZA
22,2
27,3 PO TN
14,9
27,9 BB BA TT KE
13,9
17,7 NI
14,2
17,9

8. TB 1996-2002 Gypsies Year TBC Gypsies % gypsies 0-14 TB total
of total TB
gypsies
0-14 of TB
1996
1498
126
8,4 46 20
43,5
1997
1296 90
6,9 27 4
14,8
1998
1281
133
10,4 38 18
47,4
1999
1218
102 21
19,0
2000
1111 91
8,2 15 7
46,7
2001
1079
9,5 22 9
40,9
2002
1055
125
11,9 5
25,0