Profile of Transcarpathian region in the development of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease pandemic in Ukraine

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https://doi.org/10.32782/2786-7684/2024-1-27

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coronavirus disease, incidence, hospitalization, mortality, children, adults, Ukraine, Transcarpathian region

Abstract

Objective: to study the profile of Transcarpathian region in the development of COVID-19 coronavirus disease pandemic in Ukraine. Маterials and methods. Materials: statistical data of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine on the development of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease pandemic in Ukraine for 2020-2023. For 2023 the data is presented for 6 months. The analysis was carried out taking into account the territories controlled by Ukraine. Methods: medico-statistical, of structural-and-logical analysis. Results and discussion. The incidence rate of the population with COVID-19 in Transcarpathian region in 2020 was 1.24 times lower; in 2021 was 1.34 times lower; in 2022 was 1.44 times lower, for six months of 2023 this indicator was 1.86 times lower than the average in Ukraine. In Transcarpathian region, the rate of active patients with COVID-19 in 2020 was 2.71 times lower; in 2021, it was 1.96 times higher; in 2022, it was 5.93 times lower than the average in Ukraine. For the six months of 2023, this indicator was 4.23 times lower than the average in Ukraine and, along with Zaporizhzhia region, it was the lowest among the regions of Ukraine. The mortality rate due to COVID-19 in Transcarpathian region in 2020 was 1.04 times higher; in 2021 was 1.33 times lower; in 2022, it was 1.29 times lower than the average in Ukraine and was the lowest in Ukraine. For the first six months of 2023, this indicator was 1.1 times lower than the average in Ukraine, but higher than in 9 (36.0%) regions of the country. During the pandemic in Ukraine, 154637 medical workers fell ill with COVID-19 (Transcarpathian region – 5398, 3.5% of the total), of which 1256 died, which was 0.81% of the number of cases (Transcarpathian region – 34; 0.63% of the number of cases in the region). Conclusions. The results of the study of the profile of the Transcarpathian region in the development of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease pandemic in Ukraine made it possible to conclude that the course of the pandemic is milder at the regional level than in the country as a whole.

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2024-05-31

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