According to the Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, tuberculosis has declined markedly in France for 10 years. Except in Seine Saint-Denis, where the number of declared cases of the disease has remained at a high level since 2002.
From 2000 to 2010, 26,240 cases of tuberculosis were reported in Ile-de-France, including 1,482 in children under the age of 15. “The number of cases decreased significantly until 2006, going from 28.6 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in 2000 to 17.1 cases in 2006 and then began to decline more slowly to reach 16.2 cases per 100,000. inhabitants in 2010 ”underline the authors of the study.
“This gradual decrease in the number of tuberculosis cases may be linked to a combination of factors, such as the improvement in living conditions and the fight against tuberculosis carried out in the region” explain the authors of the study.
Tuberculosis: the greatest number of cases in Seine Saint-Denis
Seine Saint-Denis has now become the department where the incidence rate of tuberculosis is the highest in the national territory (including overseas departments), before Paris. But it is also the only department in Ile-de-France where the average household income remains below the national average. However, the distribution of tuberculosis cases is closely linked to that of indicators of social inequalities, in particular in terms of income and housing, factors which play a major role in the spread of tuberculosis cases.
Over the 11 years of the study, the proportion of tuberculosis cases born in France decreased and represented only a third of the cases over the most recent study period. The proportion of cases born in a country in sub-Saharan Africa was high and there is an increase in the proportion of tuberculosis cases born in a European country. Finally, the proportion of cases born in North Africa appears stable, while that of people born in Asia seems to be increasing.
