International Journal of Academic and Applied Research (IJAAR)   Year: 2022 | Volume: 6 | Issue: 6 | Page No.: 118-124 Factors that Affecting Male Tuberculosis in East Java Download PDF Diah Puspita Ningrum, Toha Saifudin, Suliyanto, Nur Chamidah Abstract: The infectious killer disease after Coronavirus Disease 2019 is tuberculosis. The existence of these conditions makes tuberculosis a world health issue. In 2020 tuberculosis cases in East Java were 42,922. Tuberculosis cases in East Java are dominated by males. The high case of tuberculosis in males is also felt in other countries such as Peru, Romania, and South Africa where cases of tuberculosis in males occur about 2 times higher than in females. Male tuberculosis cases in East Java were 11.2% higher than in females. This study was conducted to determine the factors that affect male tuberculosis in East Java. The results of the study using the Geographically Weighted Regression method showed that the factors that affect male tuberculosis in East Java are public places meeting health requirements, youth who smoke tobacco daily, and density population.