Abstract
In the Russian Federation, there is a tendency to increase the incidence of a number of nosologies, the prevalence of chronic diseases and the deterioration of health among children and adolescents. Diseases of the digestive organs occupy a leading place in the structure of somatic pathology of childhood.
 According to the statistical data of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of North Ossetia – Alania (RNO – Alania), for seven years the prevalence of pathology of the digestive organs, including inflammatory bowel diseases, among children and adolescents has increased in the republic as a whole and regions separately. By 2022, it is predicted that the level of general and newly detected morbidity among children with pathology of the upper digestive tract will increase by 1.5-2 times.
Highlights
The greatest increase in morbidity is observed among school-age children, who make up 70% of the child population [1-5]
The presented data show that in the republic as a whole and in the districts separately, there is an increase in the general morbidity and newly detected pathology of the digestive organs in children, including inflammatory diseases of the upper digestive tract (UDT), regardless of economic conditions, the environmental situation, water supply and other unfavorable factors
The total, first-time detected morbidity and the coverage of dispensary observation of children with pathology of the digestive organs, including UDT, in the Republic of North Ossetia (RNO) – Alania has increased by an average of 1.5 times over the past seven years
Summary
The greatest increase in morbidity is observed among school-age children, who make up 70% of the child population [1-5]. The data on morbidity reflect the real picture of the health status of the population and allow us to develop measures to improve it on a national scale [15]. Morbidity is a multicomponent concept that includes several aspects: primary morbidity, prevalence, frequency of diseases detected during medical examinations, exhausted or true morbidity [16-19]. Morbidity among the population as a whole or individual groups is a statistical indicator that characterizes the state of health of the population or the number of registered diseases per 100 thousand, 10 thousand or 1 thousand people. The morbidity indicator is used in a comprehensive assessment of the health status of the population, to justify medical and social measures aimed at improving it. Information about morbidity serves as the basis for actuarial calculations when organizing medical insurance
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