Author(s): Güzin KANTÜRK YİĞİT, Tuğba TURGUT
Tuberculosis is defined an infectious disease usually caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberclosis that most ofter affect the lungs and is spread from person to person through tha air (WHO, 2015, CDC; 1998). The aim of this study is the purpose of the analysis of the distribution of tuberculosis in Karabük which is training as an industrial city with a population of over one hundred thousand. In this study, examined cases recorded in the 2005-2014 year Karabük Tuberculosis Dispensary and demonstrates the distribution of applications. Despite the reduction the case in the working area at the time, differences in the age distribution of the tuberculosis patients are conspicuously.
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