Assessment of peptic ulcer incidence among population of European North of Russia.

Abstract

The problem of the peptic ulcer disease is one of the most urgent problems in gastroenterology. In spite of modern achievements, this disease is very hard to nurse. The article has highlighted the results of the ulcer disease epidemiological research in the regions of the European North оf Russia in the period 2009-2013. The analysis of the data has shown that in five regions of the European North, the total and primary peptic ulcer incidence was above the average for the Russian Federation. In the Republic of Karelia (RK), the Komi Republic and the Arkhangelsk Region, the indicators of both the general and primary peptic ulcer incidence were the highest in the period 2009-2013. Karelia was the most disadvantaged region, where both the general and primary ulcer disease incidence was 1.4-1.6-fold higher than the average for the Russian Federation over the past five years. In the structure of the population mortality, diseases of the digestive tract consistently ranked fifth with the proportion 4.6-7.0% without a tendency to decrease.