根据1957年上海市分层抽样调查,我县有活动性肺结核病人约13,000余人。结核病死亡率从1961年的40.7/十万,到1975年27.7/十万,1980年12.6/十万,二十年内下降了69％。在1961—1975年间,发病率下降了约90％,从3‰降到0.31‰。 新病人中男性多于女性,为2:1,而50岁以上的老人占53.01％。(表1) According to the stratified sample survey in Shanghai in 1957, there were about 13,000 active tuberculosis patients in our county. The mortality rate of tuberculosis dropped from 40.7 / 100,000 in 1961 to 27.7 / 100,000 in 1975 and 12.6 / 100,000 in 1980, a 69% drop in 20 years. Between 1961 and 1975, the incidence declined by about 90% from 3 ‰ to 0.31 ‰. Among the new patients, more males than females were 2: 1, while those over 50 were 53.01%. (Table 1)