Comparative analysis of dynamics of health status indexes among school age children of Ukraine in modern conditions
Саргош, Оксана; Четверикова, Оксана; Беликова, Инна; Катрушов, Александр
Wiadomosci Lekarskie 70(3 Part 1): 462-465
2017
ISSN/ISBN: 0043-5147 PMID: 28711888 Document Number: 693905
In the last time, there is a negative dynamics of indicators of the health of the child population in Ukraine in connection with socio-economic problems. The analysis of the data of the incidence and the prevalence of diseases among the children of the Poltava region in comparison with those of Ukraine for the period 2011-2015. In our work are used data of State statistics of incidence and prevalence of diseases among the child population of Ukraine. Analysis of the health status of children in the Poltava region and the country as a whole shows that due last 5 years there has been a destabilization of children's health - the incidence and prevalence of diseases, despite the positive trend, remain high. In the Poltava region for the period of 2011-2015 years there is a steady natural declining of the population (especially among rural residents), which is due to a decreasing in the birth rate and the increase in mortality. The incidence among children in rural areas of the Poltava region is 1000.8 per 1,000 children, which is lower than the average regional rate (1200.4) and significantly lower than the incidence of children in urban areas (1304.7).