DISTRIBUTION OF ECOLOGY-DEPENDENT MORBIDITY OF THE POPULATION IN THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF PRIMORSKY KRAI
The method of social and hygienic analysis was used to identify the features of ecology-related diseases (of the respiratory system, urogenital system, skin) prevalence in the period of 2007-2011. The study was done in the anticipation of APEC Summit 2012. It allowed to review a number of approaches to evaluate the health of key population groups (children, adolescents, adults) living in the settlements and areas with a variety of environmental and social characteristics. The aim of the study was to establish the patterns of ecology-related diseases prevalence in the new socio-economic conditions. The results showed regional characteristics of the prevalence of ecology related respiratory, skin and urogenital diseases of major groups. The analysis of the dynamics of respiratory diseases morbidity among adult population of the province helped to identify the growth in the incidence rates by 13-19% per year. In conditions of rural areas of continental climate respiratory diseases morbidity among the adult population is much lower (almost 2 times) than that of the urban population. The study of the dynamics of juvenile respiratory diseases showed a significant growth in 2009-2010 in all studied areas. The morbidity of child population is 10 times higher in Vladivostok and 5 times higher in the continental areas than the morbidity of adults. The low baseline morbidity of urogenital system is observed in children of environmentally friendly rural areas (the seaside Khasan and continental areas of Kirov) and in adolescents of the Kirov region. The high morbidity of skin diseases is revealed in the teen group of rural ecologically unfavorable Khorolsky continental area and in all children's groups on rural and urban territories. The genitourinary and the skin morbidity is more often caused by the influence of social factors in rural areas, whereas the morbidity of respiratory diseases depends on the habitat polymorphism. Under unfavorable climatic conditions of living in all age groups alongside with a significant rise in rates of ecology- related morbidity, there was also revealed a new trend toward better health in the region in modern conditions.