Public Health (TB)

Socioeconomic Status Accounts for About Half of Increased Tuberculosis Risk

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, May 4th, 1998

Overcrowding in particular, but also other socioeconomic factors were identified with increased risk of contracting tuberculosis in the U.S.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) researchers M.F. Cantwell and colleagues assessed what proportion of increased risk for TB is attributable to six socioeconomic factors (SES): crowding, income, poverty, public assistance, unemployment, and education ("Tuberculosis and Race/Ethnicity in the United States. Impact of Socioeconomic Status," American Journal of Respiratory, Cellular, and Molecular Biology, April 1, 1998;157(4):1016-1020).

After assigning values for the SES factors to TB cases...

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