National Mortality Tendencies of Population in Ukraine and the Kharkiv Region

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine national tendencies of mortality in Ukraine and the Kharkiv region. Materials and methods. Data from official sources of statistical information of Ukraine were used and systematic analysis and generalization of the obtained data was performed and tendencies of mortality in Ukraine were calculated. Results and discussion. According to the dynamics of mortality rates of the population of Ukraine in 2010–2019, there was a decrease in almost all nosological forms of disease. For some groups of diseases there was a tendency of increasing mortality per 100 thousand population with tendencies for the general population +3.0% and +3.9%, for men +3.4% and +1.1% and women +2.2% and 8.3%. Obtained results on the overall dynamics of declining tendencies in mortality due to major diseases in recent years and their growth due to some nosologies and structural characteristics of the main causes of mortality are in complete agreement with other studies. The study noted an increase in tendencies of mortality of population of Ukraine in 2010–2019 (per 100 thousand population) in several disease groups: neoplasms (tendency +3.0%: males +3.4 %, females +2.2%) and diseases of digestive system (respectively +3.9%: +1.1% and +8.3%). The Kharkiv region leads among other regions in 2019 in such classes: overall – 3rd place (40,611 cases), diseases of the circulatory system – 2nd (28,079), coronary heart disease – 2nd (21,154), diseases of the digestive system – 2nd (1,624), external causes of death – 2nd (2,225), neoplasms – 3rd (5,714), cerebrovascular disease – 4th (5,009), diseases of the respiratory system – 4th (810), diseases of the genitourinary system – 4th (196) and congenital malformations, deformities and chromosomal abnormalities – 4th (69). Significant increase in tendencies found in the Kharkiv region during 2018–2019 both in absolute counts and per 100 thousand: complications of pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum period (+300.0 and +293.8%), certain conditions that occur in the perinatal period (+14.3 and +24.3%), other causes (+13.8 and +14.5%) and urolithiasis (+12.0 and +12.9%) with defined structural characteristics of mortality in diseases of the circulatory system (69.09%), neoplasms (14.04%) and accidents and trauma (5.26%). Conclusion. The obtained results of the general dynamics of decreasing mortality tendencies due to major diseases and their growth due to some nosologies and structural characteristics of the main causes of mortality in Ukraine completely coincide with the data of other studies