Studying the relationship between tuberculosis and socioeconomic, medical, and demographic factors in Ukraine
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.20535/SRIT.2308-8893.2025.1.02Keywords:
artificial intelligence, tuberculosis, incidence, socio-demographic factors, medical factors, demographic factorsAbstract
Ukraine is currently experiencing a new, ongoing tuberculosis offensive. Our study analyzes the impact of various socioeconomic and medical factors, including the number of specialized hospitals, fluoroscopic examinations of the population, the number of healthcare workers, the level of alcohol and drug abuse, and others, on the prevalence of tuberculosis among different demographic groups in Ukraine. Artificial intelligence methods made it possible to identify key factors contributing to the growth or decline in tuberculosis incidence. The results of the SHAP (SHapley Additive exPlanations) analysis, which offers a methodology for interpreting complex machine learning models, shows the most important factors that influence the incidence of tuberculosis in Ukraine. The sensitivity analysis provided more important and detailed information, which confirmed the results of the SHAP analysis.
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