The main causes of death among the population of Ukraine during 2005–2021

Abstract

Purpose: to establish the main causes of irreversible loss of human resources – deaths, among the population of Ukraine in 2005–2021. Materials and methods. An epidemiological, single-moment, continuous, prospective study was conducted using the biostatistical data of the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine (2005–2021) and the Microsoft Office Excel computer package (2021), using a number of scientific medical and biostatistical methods taking into account the principles of systematicity. Results. It was proven that the number of deaths in 2005–2021 decreased by n=67698 cases (P=8.7%) and amounted to n=714263 deaths in 2021, with Р=1724.5о/оооо. However, the UN (2021) identified this as one of the fastest rates of population decline in the world. It is substantiated that the main cause of deaths among the population of Ukraine is non-communicable diseases (NCD), which annually in Мncd=80.3±0.9% dominate over the indicator of the specific weight of deaths from other reasons (Мoth=19.7±0.4%) in Рсn=4.1 times. It is also argued that, among all those who died due to NCD, the first ranking place in М=81.5±0.9% of deaths is occupied by diseases of the circulatory system [I00-I99], while the second ranking position with the structure indicator М=15.9±0.4% are neoplastic diseases [С00-D48], the third position is chronic diseases of the lower respiratory tract [J40–J47] (М=1.8±0.2%), the fourth degree level reflects diabetes mellitus [Е10–Е14] (М=0.5±0.06%), mental and behavioral disorders [F01–F99] caused the deaths of the population in М=0.3±0.01% of all cases. Conclusions. The results conclusively demonstrate the high level of mortality among the population of Ukraine, which has a direct negative impact on the state of socio-economic well-being of society, the resource provision of the military-defense and nationaleconomic complex of the state, and requires the Ministry of Health of Ukraine to urgently work on the system of medical aid and health care of scientific, methodical, organizational, management mechanisms for minimizing the occurrence of the outlined pathology and its consequences among the population in the context of the existing recommendations of the WHO at the level of individual and public health.