Tuberculosis is configured as a public health problem of social and epidemiological relevance, in this Strategic Agenda of the Secretary of Health Surveillance (SHS), has actions managed by the National Tuberculosis Control Program, which prioritizes the decentralization of the actions of disease control for Primary Health Attention (PHA). This study had the purpose to analyze the spatial distribution and density of tuberculosis cases in the period from 2001 to 2010, at the urban area of Patos (PB). Descriptive ecological study was used the new cases of tuberculosis in the Information System for Notifiable Diseases, geoprocessing technique for locating cases and ArcGIS 10.0 software for data processing. It was observed the disease distribution predominantly in geographical areas that have socio-economic needs. In the period 2006-2010 there was a greater geographic disease distribution, compared with the period 2001-2005. Healthcare and collective conditions may have influenced the disease distribution in the territory. Geographical priority areas were identified for planning, monitoring and evaluation of health actions that value the fight against tuberculosis.
tuberculosis; spatial analysis; health public