[Age-sex-related and social characteristics of patients with new-onset tuberculosis in urban and rural areas].

The comparative analysis of age-sex-related and social characteristics in patients with tuberculosis in the urban and rural areas of the Oryol Region over 2002-2003 demonstrated that in rural inhabitants, in children in particular, its incidence was about 1.5 times greater than that among urban ones. The highest incidence with tuberculosis was observed in the unemployed (50 times higher than the average regional value). Female incidence was higher in the rural area than in the urban one. In the terms of their social standing, identified patients with tuberculosis was 5 times more among the urban employees than among rural ones. The presented data suggest that tuberculosis-controlling efforts should be intensified in the rural area.