Features of incidence of urology diseases among the adult population of the Dnipropetrovsk region

Abstract

Purpose: to determine the regional features of urological morbidity and its specific weight in the structure of the general morbidity of the adult population of the Dnipropetrovsk region. Materials and methods. Bibliosemantic, analytical, and medical-statistical methods were used, which make it possible to characterize the current state of health of the population and determine trends in the incidence and prevalence of diseases. The results. The average long-term indicator of the primary morbidity of the population of the Dnipropetrovsk region for all classes of diseases was 7,272.23 per 10,000 adult population, total morbidity was 22,250.84 per 10,000 adult population with a tendency to increase, hospital morbidity was 2,167.9 per 10,000 adult population, with a general tendency to decrease the level of hospitalization. Diseases of the genitourinary system rank second, fourth, and sixth in the structure of primary morbidity, prevalence of morbidity, and hospital morbidity of the adult population, respectively. The leading nosological groups of urological diseases registered for the first time in the adult population of the region are cystitis - 64.88 cases per 10 thousand population, kidney infections - 43.23 per 10 thousand population and kidney and ureter stones - 17.92 per 10 thousand population with a tendency to increase indicators during the studied period, with the exception of kidney and ureter stones. Similar trends persist for the prevalence of diseases. The level of hospitalization of the population of the region turned out to be the highest for kidney and ureter stones - 25.28 per 10 thousand population and kidney infections - 20.01 per 10 thousand population, remained relatively stable during 2012-2019, while during 2020- In 2021, a significant decrease was noted for kidney and ureter stones, kidney infections, while the indicator of hospital morbidity for kidney and ureter stones remained relatively stable. Conclusions. Significant levels of morbidity and prevalence of diseases of the genitourinary system, including urological diseases, negative trends towards their increase require improvement of monitoring of the health status of the population, prevention, timely and complete detection of urological pathology, and high-quality treatment.