Modernising Morbidity and Mortality: Features of Cardiovascular Diseases of the Population of the RSFSR in 1960s

The article uses archival and published data to study the features of a type of morbidity and mortality of the Russian population observed in the 1960s. The spread of cardiovascular diseases, especially coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis, was noted in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR). The main reasons for the occurrence of these diseases were considered. Studies conducted in the 1960s showed a high level of disability in patients with such diseases. It was emphasized that cardiovascular diseases gave the highest mortality rates, especially in the urban population. In cities, as well as in the RSFSR as a whole, cardiovascular diseases and mortality from them were common in both men and women (middle-aged and elderly). At the same time, mortality from these diseases was also recorded in groups of young able-bodied people. It was shown that the new type of morbidity and mortality of the population caused the need to focus on health values in the country, improve environmental conditions, transform the work of medical and preventive institutions, and change the lifestyle of the population.