Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iranian Journal of Public Health 2251-6085 44 9 2015 10 12 1253 1261 Hamidreza TABATABAEE Jafar HASSAN ZADEH Fereshteh YOUNESNIA Mohsen ALI AKBARPOOR Sima JAVANMARD Behnam HONARVAR 2015 10 12 2015 10 12 Background: The present study aimed to identify the spatial distribution of tuberculosis and determine the TB control program parameters in the regions supervised by Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in 2006-2012. Methods: The present ecological study was performed on 1797 TB patients in Shiraz University in 2006-2012 which were recorded by health centers using TB Register software. The study data were collected through over-counting and analyzed using the SPSS statistical software (ver. 19). Besides, the maps were drawn by ArcGIS, version 10. Results: The incidence rate of TB was 4.8 in 100,000 at the end of 2012. Success in treatment was adequate only in 2012 (89.7%). However, recovery of pulmonary TB was not adequate in any of the study years. In our study, the majority of the patients belonged to the 25-34 years age group that constitutes the active faction of the society.  Moreover, the maps provided by GIS showed a high incidence rate of extra pulmonary TB in Firozabad Township during 7 years (2.7 in 100000 populations). Conclusion: Incidence of TB in the regions supervised by Shiraz University of Medical Sciences follows a specific pattern, which requires exclusive studies for further evaluation of the incidence determinatives in various environmental and social conditions.   https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/3396 https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/download/3396/3105