日本國內新肺結核個案持續減少

Recently the Yomiuri New on-line reported the following:

昨年中に国内で新たに結核と診断された患者は２万２６８１人で、前年より５８０人減ったものの、減少ペースは依然として鈍いことが、厚生労働省の集計で分かった。

　前年比で１０００～４０００人だった減少ペースは２００８年から減速。今回の集計でも、前年の患者数と比較した減少率は２・５％にとどまり、その前の３・８％を下回った。

　新規の患者を年齢別でみると、免疫力が低下する７０歳以上の高齢者が５３・８％を占めた。人口１０万人当たりの患者数は大阪（２８・０人）、徳島（２３・６人）、和歌山（２３・５人）、東京（２２・９人）の順に多かった。

（2012年8月3日00時02分 読売新聞）

Although the number of newly diagnosed tuberculosis patients in the country last year was 22,681 people, being a decrease of 580 from the previous year, it turned out by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare that the reduction pace was still slow.

The reduction pace had slowed down compared to the previous year of 2008 that had the number standing between 1,000 and 4,000. The pace of decrease in comparison with the patient load of the previous year stood at 2.5%, and this total was lower than the 3.8% before that.

When the new patient was looked at according to age, the elderly people aged 70 and over whose immune strength had fell occupied 53.8%. The number of patient load per 100,000 population in ranking order was: Osaka (28.0 people), Tokushima (23.6 people), Wakayama (23.5 people), and Tokyo (22.9 people).

It seems that the situation in Tokyo is the best.