Determinants of tuberculosis incidence in East Asia and Pacific: A panel regression analysis

Mark Marcos Alipio

is the (which was not peer-reviewed) The copyright holder for this preprint . https: //doi.org/10.1101 //doi.org/10. /2020 PM2.5 air pollution exposure (PM), unemployment (percent of total labor force) (U), and out-ofpocket health expenditure (OP) were positively associated with TB incidence (Y); however, carbon dioxide emission (CO2) and percent of people using at least basic sanitation services (S) were negatively associated with TB incidence. The findings suggest that increasing PM2.5 air pollution exposure, unemployment, and out-of-pocket health expenditure are associated with increasing TB incidence; while increasing carbon dioxide emission and percent of people using at least basic sanitation services are associated with decreasing TB incidence. Conversely, decreasing PM2.5 air pollution exposure, unemployment, and out-of-pocket health expenditure are associated with decreasing TB incidence; while decreasing carbon dioxide emission and percent of people using at least basic sanitation services are associated with increasing TB incidence. Meanwhile, percent . CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license It is made available under a author/funder, who has granted medRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity.