PHWR Public Health Weekly Report

Vol.18 No.12, March 27, 2025 Article TypeEditorialQuickStatsSurveillance Reports

• Editorial 2025-03-27

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  Commemoration of the Special Issue on Tuberculosis in “Public Health Weekly Report”

  Bo Youl Choi *

  Public Health Weekly Report 2025; 18(12): 483-496 https://doi.org/10.56786/PHWR.2025.18.12.1

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• Surveillance Reports 2025-03-27

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  2023 Tuberculosis Case Notification Status for the Capital Region (Seoul, Incheon, Gyeongggi, Gangwon)

  Yun Jeong Seo , Hyunmi Kim , Seung Eun Lee *

  Public Health Weekly Report 2025; 18(12): 497-522 https://doi.org/10.56786/PHWR.2025.18.12.2

  

  

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  Objectives: This report analyzes tuberculosis (TB) notification trends in 2023 for the Seoul metropolitan area (Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi) and Capital region (including Gangwon), aiming to inform regarding effective TB management strategies.
  Methods: Data from the TB integrated management system (2014–2023) were used to analyze all patients with TB, new patients, older adults (65+ years), foreigners, medical security types, and drug-resistant TB cases.
  Results: In 2023, the Seoul metropolitan area experienced a 3.6% decrease in the number of patients with TB (8,707 cases), which was less than the national rate. The TB incidence rate among older adults was 107.2/100,000, which was a slight decrease from the incidence rate for the previous year. The incidence among foreigners was 89.9 per 100,000, which was also a decrease. The TB incidence among medical aid recipients (155.0) was 5.3 times higher than that among health insurance subscribers (29.0). Further, the prevalence of multidrug-resistant/rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (3.1%) was higher than the national prevalence rate (2.8%).
  Conclusions: The Seoul metropolitan area requires targeted management of older adult, foreign, and medically vulnerable populations. Gangwon requires customized strategies to address aging and access limitations. Different region-specific approaches are needed to reduce the incidence of TB in the Capital region.

• QuickStats 2025-03-27

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  Trend in the Rate of Chewing Difficulties, 2014–2023

  Gyeongji Woo

  Public Health Weekly Report 2025; 18(12): 523-524 https://doi.org/10.56786/PHWR.2025.18.12.3

  

  

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