Epidemiological characteristics of pulmonary tuberculosis in students in Jiangxi, 2011–2019

Objective To explore the epidemiological characteristics of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in students in Jiangxi, and provide evidence for the development of TB prevention and control measures in schools. Methods The incidence data of pulmonary TB in students in Jiangxi were collected from TB Management Information System and student demographic information were collected from Jiangxi Statistical Yearbook. Results From 2011 to 2019, the average registration rate of pulmonary TB in students in Jiangxi was 12.52/100 000, and the average registration rate of students with pathogenic positive TB was 3.41/100 000. Over the past nine years, the registration rate of pulmonary TB in students showed an upward trend (χ2=20.793, P Conclusion In the future, we should continue to strengthen the detection of TB in students, improve the TB screening for freshmen, make rapid response to sporadic cases, strengthen the etiological diagnosis, focus on high school and university students, pay attention to the epidemic in the first and second quarter of each year and strengthen the health education about TB prevention in students.