The impact of immigration on tuberculosis rates in the UK compared with other European countries

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Gilbert, R., Antoine, D., French, C., Abubakar, I., Watson, J. M. and Jones, J. A. (2009) The impact of immigration on tuberculosis rates in the UK compared with other European countries. IJTLD, 13 (5). pp. 645-651.

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether trends in tuberculosis (TB) rates across Europe are linked to patterns of migration. DESIGN: Descriptive analysis of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development population statistics and EuroTB data for 21 European countries for 1996-2005. RESULTS: TB notification rates increased in only three of the 21 countries: the United Kingdom, Norway and Sweden. In all three countries, approximately three quarters of cases were foreign-born. The UK had the third highest number of foreign nationals overall, but the highest number from a country with a TB incidence > or =250 cases/100000 (219000, 13%). European countries with declining TB rates had varying patterns of migration, but did not generally receive migrants from very high-incidence countries and/or had a smaller proportion of their total TB cases in their migrant population. CONCLUSIONS: The increase in the rate of TB in the UK, which contrasts with most other European countries, may, at least in part, be due to the fact that a high proportion of UK cases occur in the foreign-born, coupled with a comparatively large number of foreign nationals from countries with a very high incidence of TB.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 3 - good health and well-being,sdg 10 - reduced inequalities ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Medicine (former - to 2013)
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Depositing User:	EPrints Services
Date Deposited:	25 Nov 2010 11:13
Last Modified:	20 Mar 2024 11:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/15077
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