Regional aspects of morbidity and prevalence of diseases among men in Ukraine

Abstract

Purpose of the scientific study was a retrospective analysis and to find out the trends in the formation of regional features of the incidence and prevalence of diseases among men in Ukraine. Materials and methods. The materials for the study were medical and demographic data in the section of the main administrative territories of Ukraine, which had an impact on the formation of indicators of morbidity and prevalence of diseases among the population of Ukraine in dynamics, including taking into account their gender characteristics. To form the database, data from official reporting was used in the section of the main administrative territories of the regions of Ukraine and the city of Kyiv with a distribution by gender for the period 2010-2017. For the scientific analysis, the following methods were used: systematic approach, bibliosemantic, medicalstatistical, graphic analysis, content -analysis. Results of the study showed an aggravation of the tendency to decrease the number of the population with pronounced gender characteristics of the decrease in the number of the male population of reproductive age. The continuation of the formation of all- Ukrainian trends of decreasing incidence rates was revealed, both among the entire population of Ukraine (−13.3% to 62,748 per 100,000 population), and among the male population in particular (−16.1% to 41,996.4 per 100,000 . of the relevant population). With a decrease in the prevalence of diseases among men (from 160,097.0 in 2010 to 145,873.9 in 2017, or −8.9%), a third (31.56± 0.01%) of referrals to medical institutions in In Ukraine, it is carried out by men. The highest incidence rates of men were found in Dnipropetrovsk, Ivano-Frankivsk regions and Kyiv. At the same time, the prevalence of diseases remains the highest among men in Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk region, which requires dynamic monitoring. Conclusions. When planning and developing regional program measures, it is necessary to take into account the peculiarities of the dynamics of the prevalence of diseases in order to prevent the increase in the mortality of men of reproductive age.