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Asthma is an important public health issue. The goal of this study is to analyse the trends in self-reported asthma prevalence in the Madrid Region and its association with socio-demographic and health factors.Data from the "Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factor Surveillance System" in adult population (SIVFRENT-A) 1996-2013 were used. Prevalences and 95% CI were estimated for: current asthma, cumulative prevalence of asthma and asthma attack in the last 12 months, in five periods. Changes in inter-period prevalence were estimated by calculating prevalence ratios (PR) with 95% CI by Poisson regression. The association between asthma prevalence socio-demographic and health variables was evaluated by multivariate logistic regression.Current prevalence of asthma and cumulative prevalence of asthma increased per study period an average of 14%. Asthma attack prevalence in the last 12 months increased an average of 19%. It was associated (statistically significant) to an increase of current prevalence of asthma, cumulative prevalence of asthma and asthma attack prevalence in the last 12 months: being a woman, ORa: 1.55; ORa: 1.35 and ORa: 1.46 respectively; have poor self-perceived health, ORa: 3.09; ORa: 2.63 and ORa: 2.89; and intense physical activity, ORa: 1.48; ORa: 1.32 and ORa: 1.49. In the case of current prevalence of asthma and cumulative prevalence of asthma also be studying, ORa: 1.34 and ORa: 1.46 respectively.Self-reported asthma prevalence increased in the last decades. The prevalence was higher in woman, persons with poor self-perceived health and adults with intense physical activity.El asma representa un importante problema de salud pública. El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar la evolución de la prevalencia de asma autopercibido en la Comunidad de Madrid y su asociación con factores sociodemográficos y de salud.Se incluyó a la población de 18 a 64 años de la Comunidad de Madrid. La fuente de información fue el Sistema de Vigilancia de Factores de Riesgo de Enfermedades No transmisibles (SIVFRENT-A). El período de estudio fue de 1996 a 2013 dividido en cinco etapas. Se estimaron las prevalencias y sus intervalos de confianza al 95% (IC95%) para prevalencia de asma actual, prevalencia acumulada de asma y crisis asmática en los últimos 12 meses en cinco períodos. Los cambios en la prevalencia interperiodo se estimaron calculando razones de prevalencia (RP) y su IC95% mediante regresión de Poisson. Mediante regresión logística multivariante se evaluó la asociación entre la prevalencia de asma y las variables sociodemográficas y las de salud.La prevalencia actual y la acumulada de asma aumentaron de media por periodo de estudio un 14%. La prevalencia de crisis asmática en los últimos 12 meses aumentó un 19%. Se asociaron de forma estadísticamente significativa a mayor prevalencia de asma actual, mayor prevalencia acumulada de asma y mayor prevalencia de crisis asmática en los últimos 12 meses ser mujer (prevalencia actual: ORa: 1,55; ORa: 1,35 y ORa: 1,46 respectivamente), tener mala salud autopercibida (ORa: 3,09; ORa: 2,63 y ORa: 2,89 respectivamente) y realizar actividad física intensa (ORa: 1,48; ORa: 1,32 y ORa: 1,49 respectivamente) y ser estudiante se asoció con mayor prevalencia de asma actual y prevalencia acumulada de asma (ORa: 1,34; ORa: 1,46 respectivamente).La prevalencia de asma autopercibida es mayor en las últimas décadas. Ser mujer, tener una mala salud autopercibida y realizar actividad física intensa se asocian a una mayor prevalencia.

In this study results against measles, rubella and mumps obtained in the III Sero-epidemiological Survey of the Autonomous Region of Madrid, performed in 1999-2000, were related to the posterior evolution of these diseases in this Region. The prevalence of antibodies against measles, rubella and mumps was90%,95% and90 %, respectively. Despite of the good results obtained for rubella and measles, in 2005 and 2006 two important outbreaks of these diseases occurred in Madrid. The rubella outbreak in 2005 (450 cases) affected especially to immigrants of both sexes (mainly from Central and South America) and Spanish adults males. The 2006 measles outbreak (174 cases) was imported, a high proportion of cases were adults and most of the patients were unvaccinated. No differences according to sex were observed. In Madrid mumps virus circulation has continued from 1999 to present. Two epidemic waves in the periods 2000-2001 and 2006-2007 have been detected. During 2006-2007, an important proportion of cases showed antecedents of vaccination. Each one of these three diseases has typical characteristics. However, the three has in common the change in the age of apparition, with a growing frequency of cases among young adults.

Immigration from countries having a high prevalence of tuberculosis to other more highly-developed countries has a bearing on the overall evolution of tuberculosis in the latter. This study is aimed at describing the influence of the cases of tuberculosis among foreign individuals on the incidence of this disease in the Autonomous Community of Madrid during the 1996-2004 period.The data was taken from the Regional Tuberculosis Case Registry and from the 1996 census and the continuous censuses from 1998 to 2004. The tuberculosis incidence was estimated by country of origin from 1996 to 2004, by gender and by age groups. A calculation was made of the c2 for the linear trend, reasons for incidence and proportion of cases among foreign individuals.The incidence of tuberculosis went from 34.3 cases per 105 inhabitants in 1996 to 16.9 cases per 105 inhabitants in 2004. For those born in Spain, it changed from 33.2 cases per 105 inhabitants in 1996 to 12.7 cases per 105 inhabitants in 2004; and for foreign individuals, from 50.5 cases per 105 inhabitants in 1996 to 42.9 cases per 105 inhabitants in 2004. The reason for the incidence between foreign and Spanish individuals was greater than 1 for all years, the maximum figure having been in 2003, when 4.2 cases were detected among foreigners for every case among Spanish individuals (95% CI 3.7-4.7). The percentage of foreign cases went from 5.2% in 1996 to 35.1% in 2004.The incidence of tuberculosis among foreigners was greater than among Spanish individuals and did not significantly decrease in the 1996-2004 period, which is contributing to tuberculosis having stabilized. This situation and the characteristics of this population must be taken into account in the efforts for controlling this disease.