Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease. The main route of transmission is the inhalator pathway, and the lung, the main organ, is attacked. Mycobacterium Tuberculosis as etiological agent. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiological profile of the abandonment of tuberculosis treatment. This is an epidemiological study of the descriptive retrospective type, whose data were collected through the secondary database of the Notifiable Diseases Information System (SINAN). Approximately 7.88% of cases had treatment abandonment as evolution. The male sex reached 73.07%,The municipality was Recife, with 53.50%,The brown race with 59.72% was the most observed, the age group was 20-39 years, was the most prevalent with 59.04%. Schooling represents 15.83% of the 5th to 8th incomplete grade. We conclude that the abandonment of tuberculosis treatment needs to be seen as something relevant, aiming to achieve the reduction of abandonment 2
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