NATIONAL TRENDS IN THE PREVALENCE OF DISEASES AMONG RESIDENTS OF UKRAINE AND KHARKIV REGION

Abstract

Introduction: the relevance of determining national trends in prevalence of diseases among the adult population in Ukraine is high, as it solves several important medical, social and economic problems of society. The aim: to determine national trends in prevalence of diseases among the adult population in Ukraine and Kharkiv region. Materials and methods: data from official sources of statistical information of Ukraine (State Institution "Center for Medical Statistics of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine") were used to determine national trends in prevalence of diseases among the adult population in Ukraine and Kharkiv region. A systematic analysis and generalization of the obtained data was performed and trends in prevalence of diseases among the adult population in Ukraine and Kharkiv region. Results: a decrease in the prevalence of diseases among the adult population of Ukraine over the 2010-2017 years with trends of -18.3% (general morbidity) and -25.9% (diseases detected for the first time in life) has been determined. Over the 2010-2019 years, the dynamics of reducing the prevalence of diseases and morbidity of adult residents of the Kharkiv region with trends of -12.6% and -23.0% has been established. For 2018-2019, progressive trends in reducing the prevalence of most diseases were noted, except for eating disorders and metabolic disorders (trends of increase, respectively, + 2.2% and + 2.9%) and symptoms, signs and deviations from the norm, which were found in clinical and laboratory studies (trends + 2.8% and + 3.5%) and neoplasms (only in terms of 100 thousand people) — + 0.1%. Discussion: the obtained results of the general dynamics of trends in the prevalence of diseases of the population in Ukraine completely coincide with the data of other world studies. Conclusions: there was a significant decrease in the spread of prevalence of diseases and morbidity among the mature population of Ukraine and the Kharkiv region.