Application of the ARIMA Model for Forecasting Tuberculosis Incidents in Thailand, Neighboring Countries

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Suganya Sattatummakul
Vadhana Jayathavaj

Abstract

Tuberculosis is still a major issue for the Thai public health community. Tuberculosis control focuses on finding patients in the early detection and treating them as soon as possible. Forecasting the number of tuberculosis patients in Thailand, neighboring countries, and China is important information in the management, prevention, and control of tuberculosis. The ARIMA model of Box and Jenkins method has been used in China, Malaysia, and Kenya. The objective of this research is to forecast the number of tuberculosis cases in China, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Malaysia, and Thailand with the ARIMA model using the number of incidents from 2020 to 2023 from the World Health Organization database.  The results from the monthly forecast values of the model that best fit the data ARIMA(p,d,q)(P,D,Q)m, when considered on an annual basis, showed that in 2024, the percentage of the number of patients increased from 2023 in China and Malaysia, at +8.15 and +1.11, respectively. Countries that decreased were Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand at -1.81, -9.22, and -2.30, respectively.  As for Myanmar, in 2023 it increased from 2022 to +23.33, and the incident rate per 100,000 people appeared as follows: Myanmar 252.28, Cambodia 166.23, Thailand 106.72, Laos 105.49, Malaysia 76.02, and China 33.40.

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Sattatummakul S, Jayathavaj V. Application of the ARIMA Model for Forecasting Tuberculosis Incidents in Thailand, Neighboring Countries . IUDCJ [Internet]. 2024 Nov. 20 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];9(2):55-70. Available from: https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/iudcJ/article/view/270437
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Vadhana Jayathavaj, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Pathumthani University

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