• Belén Sanz Barbero and Teresa Blasco Hernández.
• Centro Nacional de Medicina Tropical, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, España. bsanz@isciii.es
• Gac Sanit. 2007 Mar 1; 21 (2): 142-6.

ObjectiveTo describe the social and demographic characteristics of immigrant patients diagnosed of tuberculosis in the Community of Madrid.Participants And MethodDescriptive study. The information was gathered from the patients diagnosed in 15 hospitals of the Community of Madrid, and 3 primary health Red Cross facilities. Criteria for inclusion: to be tuberculosis diagnosed during the year 2003, to be economic immigrant, to be older than 15 year-old, and not to be in prison.Results312 persons were identified. 296 were included in the study. Main nationalities: Ecuador (27.4%) and Morocco (19.3%). The 18.9% of the population does not have health insurance. The time between the arrival to Spain and the illness was 29.5 months. The 66.9% of the cases lived with some relatives. The 63.2% of the active population worked in the informal economy. The main risk factors was to be risk drinker.ConclusionsTo know the social and sanitary situation of immigrant patients diagnosed of tuberculosis is base to adapt the control programs to a new epidemiologist and social situation.

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