Abstract
Background: Indonesia remains ranked 3rd in the world regarding new TB cases. TB is still a neglected health concern in several countries worldwide. Therefore, tremendous collaboration across sectors is required to eradicate TB by 2030. This study aimed to describe adult TB and its disease burden in Indonesia.
Subjects and Method: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. The study population was adolescents aged 26-45. The data were collected by using a subset of national data, the IHME Data 2019. The data were reported descriptively.
Results: All risk factors with slightly higher mortality measured by death in men were 9.81% of total deaths (9.18%-10.46%), with risk factors attribution was 37.41% (32.03%-42.94%), in women 6.3% of total deaths (5.85%-6.86%) with risk factor attribution was 7.72% (5.35%-10.09%). Meanwhile, risk factors measured by DALYs in men was 5.97% of the total DALYs (5.05%-6.96%), with risk factor attribution was 34.18% (28.83%-39.56%), in women 3.07% of the total DALYs (2.5%-3.85%) with risk factors attribution was 6.69% (4.63%-8.77%). Deaths from TB in men have shifted from first rank (1990) to fifth rank (2019), likewise for women. Compared with Southeast Asian countries, Indonesia has the highest prevalence of TB in adult men (9.71%) of total deaths, and Thailand has the lowest (0.55%) of total deaths. In the adult female group, the highest prevalence of TB was also in Indonesia (6.23%) of the total deaths, and the lowest was in Thailand (0.8%).
Conclusion: It can be concluded that productive age is a risk factor for suffering from TB and causes higher mortality than the elderly. The burden of TB disease in men is higher than in women.
Keywords: disease burden, risk factor, tuberculosis, adolescents
Correspondence:
Muhammad Agus Mikrajab. National Research and Innovation Agency Republic of Indonesia. Cibinong Science Center, Jl. Raya Jakarta-Bogor, Pakansari, Cibinong, Bogor 16915, West Java, Indonesia. Email: naufalbrin22@gmail.com. Mobile: +6281999453414.
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