How do social-economic differences in urban areas affect tuberculosis mortality in a city in the tri-border region of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.
Marcos Augusto Moraes ArcoverdeThais Zamboni BerraLuana Seles AlvesDanielle Talita Dos SantosAylana de Sousa BelchiorAntônio Carlos Vieira RamosLuiz Henrique ArroyoIvaneliza Simionato de AssisJosilene Dália AlvesAna Angélica Rêgo de QueirozMellina YamamuraPedro Fredemir PalhaFrancisco Chiaravalloti NetoReinaldo Antonio Silva-SobrinhoOscar Kenji NiheiRicardo Alexandre ArcêncioPublished in: BMC public health (2018)
Death due to TB was associated with income, race resident density and social conditions. Although the TB mortality rate is stationary in the general population, it is increasing among people of brown skin colour.