Diseases of digestive organs as a cause of disability in Rostov region

Abstract

The analysis presented in the article of the primary disability of the adult population due to diseases of digestive organs in the Rostov region for 20122018 was characterized by an increase in the number of persons recognized as disabled for the first time as in the Southern Federal District and the Russian Federation. In the structure of the first recognized disabled persons, their share was higher than in the Southern Federal District, but lower than in the Russian Federation. The level of primary disability for 20122018 was lower than in the Southern Federal District and the Russian Federation. The age structure was dominated by persons with disabilities of working age (women aged 4554; men 4559 years old) as well as in the Southern Federal and Russian Federation. The severity of disability was dominated by group II persons with disabilities, with a tendency to increase their specific weight, as in the Southern Federal District and the Russian Federation; Group III persons with disabilities ranked second, with a tendency to reduce their share and level. There has been an increase in the proportion of group I disabled persons.