Abstract: Objective To study the effects and affecting factors of tuberculosis control in temporary residents of urban district,Shenzhen.Methods To do social and economical investigation to every patient with pulmonary tuberculosis. To analyse the statistics of initially consulting register, county tuberculosis register and treating cards of management. Results There were 540000 temporary residents in Luohu district in 1998,1.8 times more than the local population.The temporary residents without temporary identification were defined floating population.The registered rate of pulmonary tuberculosis in temporary residents was 109.21/100000, distinctly higher than that of the local population. The cure rate of pulmonary tuberculosis in temporary residents was 68.9%, evidently lower than the local population (93%). Especially the cure rate of pulmonary tuberculosis in floating population was only 35%. Conclusion The work of 81.1% floating population was heavy and the working hour was long,their wages were low,33.7% pulmonary tuberculosis patients had social medical insurance.Therefore lose rate was 27.5%, most of them prolonged to be diagnosed.The authors suggested that strenghened the propagation power and giving the regional tuberculosis control programme to floating population for free will be benefit in crontrolling the regional tuberculosis.

Key words: Tuberculosis,pulmonary/Prevention and control, Temporary resident