Analysis of cardiovascular morbidity in the pediatric population of the city of Voronezh

Abstract

Aim: To perform a territorial comparison of the incidence rates of certain cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in the pediatric population of the city ofVoronezh.Material and Methods. The morbidity rates in the pediatric population over certain inner-city zones were assessed using a differentiated approach. This tactic was chosen taking into account historical background as a high percentage of the population (75.8% of the total population in the city district of Voronezh) was registered at particular clinics based on a territorial logic. Of these, 11 pediatric clinics in Voronezh provided care for over 160,000 children under the age of 14 years (about 79% of children residing in the city district of Voronezh) on a territorial basis. The ranking of indicators was performed using a specially designed software developed at the Voronezh State Medical University named after N.N. Burdenko. The territories at risk were identified based on the results of this analysis by the level and dynamics of morbidity in the pediatric population. Results. Cardiovascular diseases were below the top five leading disease classes and were ranked 8–9 in children in the context of overall morbidity structure in the city ofVoronezh. The study showed that the incidence of cardiovascular diseases increased in the adult population of Voronezh relative to the value for the same period analyzed last year: the growth rate in the number of medical care encounters was 14.65% with 14.05% of diagnoses established for the first time in life. The average long-term level of cardiovascular mortality in theVoronezh city district was 24.79 ± 1.40 cases per 1,000 children under 14 years of age.Conclusion. The differences, found in the morbidity rates from the individual intra-city territories provided with pediatric polyclinics, can be explained by the various factors such as the age structure of the population residing in a particular region and human resources of a medical organization including the availability of a pediatric cardiologist. Knowledge of information regarding pediatric disease incidence in certain inner-city territories allowed us to rationally optimize the resources of the urban health system to improve the availability and quality of medical care to the population, particularly the young segments, suffering from cardiovascular diseases at the pre-hospital stage.