Tuberculosis-specific and non-tuberculosis-specific mortality in a district

Tuberculosis (TB) is a communicable disease that contributes to major ill health.Worldwide, it is one of the leading causes of death from a single infecous agent.The study aimed to describe the epidemiology and factors associated with TB-specific and non-TB-specific mortality in Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia.All confirmed TB cases from 2015 to 2020 registered in Manjung District under "Sistem Maklumat Tibi" (MyTB) were included.Factors associated with TB-specific and non-TBspecific mortality were analysed by u sing simple and mulple logisc regression analysis.A total of 742 TB cases were included in the analysis, 34 (28.1%) and 87 (71.9%) died from TB-specific and non-TB-specific causes respecvely.From mulple logisc regression analyses, male gender, non-Malaysian, cases nofied by government hospitals, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) posive status and HIV tesng not offered/unknown were significantly associated with TB-specific mortality.For non-TB-specific mortality two factors were significant, age group 65 and above, and HIV-posive status.To strengthen and reduce both the TB-specific and non-TB-specific mortality rate in Manjung District, targeted approaches, such as close monitoring should be pracsed especially among male gender, non-Malaysians, those with HIV and cases presented to the hospital.