Abstract
Aims: Tuberculosis is considered as one of the major causes of mortality worldwide after AIDS in the recent years. The present work aims to bring out the epidemiological profile of tuberculosis in the province s of Laayoune and Tarfaya so as to contribute to the improvement of the application WHO Anti -Tuberculosis Program and to the increase of success rates of treatment in these regions. Methodology: This is a retrospective study based on 1331 cases of tuberc ulosis, all forms combined, reported to the Centre for Diagnosis and Treatment of Respiratory Diseases of Laayoune during the period between 2006 and 2012. Results: The results show that the ave rage age of patients is 34.97± 15.47 years old while median ageis 32 years. The highest incidence is observed in patients who are between 20 and 50 years old. The sex-ratio men to women, which is 1.73, is highly significant ( χ≤=95.2, P <.001). Moreover, the number of cases is significantly higher during the winter andspring, compared to autumn and summer (
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