Mortality of communicable disease in residents of Shufu county of Xinjiang, 2017

ObjectiveTo understand the mortality and category of communicable diseases in residents of Shufu county of Xinjiang in 2017, and provide evidence for the reasonable distribution of health resource.

MethodsThe incidence data of deaths in local residents were obtained from related departments. Multistagesampling was conducted to select families for a household interview of bereaved family members or insiders by using " Death Cause Survey Scale”. The mortality rates of communicable diseases and the constituent ratio and rank of the death causes were calculated.

ResultsThe crude mortality rate and the standardized mortality rate of communicable disease were 80.10/100 000 and 107.77/100 000, respectively, in Shufu in 2017, ranking third in all death causes. The crude mortality rate and the standardized mortality rate of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) were 75.50/100 000 and 103.45/100 000 respectively, ranking first in all communicable diseases. In both men and women, the deaths caused by TB mainly occurred in the elderly aged ≥65 years with the mortality rate of 1 118.92/100 000, accounting for 82.61% of total TB deaths. The TB deaths mainly occurred in farmers and those with low education level and 82.61% of the TB deaths occurred at home. Autumn and winter were the high incidence seasons.

ConclusionsThe mortality of communicable diseases in Xinjiang Shufu was serious. It is necessary to strengthen the prevention and control of TB by improving health education and timely detection/thorough treatment of TB cases.