Open AccessTHE DYNAMICS OF THE PREVALENCE RATE OF GENERAL SOMATIC DISEASES BASED ON PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS OF METALLURGICAL WORKERS
Author(s) -
Е.Л. Базарова,
O F Rosly,
Илья Семенович Ошеров,
N. A. Roslaya,
L Ya Tartakovskaya,
Е И Лихачева
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
gigiena i sanitariâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.275
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2412-0650
pISSN - 0016-9900
DOI - 10.18821/0016-9900-2017-96-12-1167-1171
Subject(s) - medicine , prevalence , disease , chronic disease , respiratory system , epidemiology , physiology
The paper analyzes the results chronic disease prevalence in metallurgical workers based on the results of the periodic medical examinations over 1998-2015. A significant increase in chronic disease prevalence was observed (1.29 times on the average): from 70.1 % in 1998 to 90.5 % in 2015 with eye disorders accounting for the 3.6-fold increase, chronic circulatory system diseases accounting for the 1.5-fold increase, diseases of the nervous system accounting for the 2.9-fold increase in prevalence. It that prevalence of respiratory diseases has also been observed to decrease by 1.4 times, the prevalence rate of diseases of the digestive system decreased by 1.6 times, anemias rate decreased by 2.1 times, gynecological diseases rate decreased 1.2 times.