Analysis of mortality rates from respiratory diseases in the Krasnodar territory over 2014–2020

Abstract

Introduction. During 2015–2019, there was a tendency to decrease mortality rates from respiratory diseases in the Russian Federation. The COVID-19 pandemic, began in 2020, significantly increased the burden on public health.
 The purpose is to compare standardized mortality rates from respiratory diseases for the period from 2014–2020 and to determine the contribution of individual nosologies to mortality from respiratory diseases in the Krasnodar Territory.
 Materials and methods. The study was conducted on the basis of statistical reporting forms S-51 over 2014–2020. The causes of death related to respiratory diseases (class J00–J47) and the causes of death from COVID-19 (codes U07.1, U07.2) for 2020 were selected, standardized mortality rates were calculated. 
 Results. The lowest value of the standardized mortality rate from respiratory diseases was registered in 2019 as 10.3, the rate of decline compared to 2014 — 31.3%. The highest value of the standardized mortality rate from respiratory diseases is 40.3 in 2020, the growth rate compared to the previous year is 268.6%. The proportion of the standardized mortality rate from COVID-19 for 2020 amounted to 7.02%, which is 2.9% higher than from respiratory diseases in general.
 Limitations of the study. When studying the regional characteristics of respiratory diseases mortality, official statistical data for 2014–2020 were used, which is a sufficient reference sample. 
 Conclusion. The leading causes of death from respiratory diseases in the Krasnodar Territory over 2015–2020 were pneumonia, other chronic lung diseases and purulent and necrotic conditions of the lower respiratory tract.