Incidence of Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis among Jaintia Tribes, Meghalaya: A Hospital based Study Mitra Arpita1,*, Deb Roumi2 1Research Scholar, Amity Institute of Anthropology, Amity University, Sector-125, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India 2HOD & Addl. Director, Amity Institute of Anthropology, Amity University, Sector-125, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India *Correspondence Author: Ms. Arpita Mitra Research Scholar Amity Institute of Anthropology, Amity University Sector-125, Noida, Uttar Pradesh-20130, India Email: arpita.arpita.mitra@gmail.com
Online published on 19 August, 2019. Abstract Tuberculosis (TB) is a global public health problem. Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is most common and highly contagious infection, whereas, Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) in also an important clinical problem. The present study aimed to evaluate the demographic factors associated with PTB and EPTB patients of Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. Total 317 patients clinically diagnosed with TB and belonged to the age group 15–50 years were enrolled for the study from different health centres of Jaintia Hills. Out of all the TB patients, 64.4% had PTB and 35.6% were diagnosed with EPTB. Male were more frequently affected by PTB (61.1%), whereas EPTB was more detected among female (57.1%) and found to be statistically significant (p=0.002). Significant differences (p<0.05) were also observed between other demographic parameters such as religion (p=0.000), community (p=0.008), marital status (p=0.000) and occupation (p=0.000) with type of TB. Early detection and appropriate treatment of TB must be started as soon as possible for reduction of this disease with increased awareness among the community. Top Keywords Tuberculosis, Pulmonary, Extrapulmonary, Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. Top |