FEATURES OF THE PRIMARY INCIDENCE OF DISEASES OF THE CHILD POPULATION OF THE CHECHEN REPUBLIC

Abstract

One of the highest birth rates in the country and the proportion of children in the age structure of the population makes the issue of children’s health particularly relevant for the Chechen Republic. In order to study the primary incidence of diseases of children in the Chechen Republic in 2015-2020, official statistical reports and publications of the Federal State Statistics Service, annual forms of federal statistical observation (form No. 12) for the Chechen Republic, as well as statistical collections of TsNIIOiIZ of the Ministry of Health of Russia were analyzed. An analysis of the dynamics of primary morbidity in children showed a clearly defined downward trend in the indicator, which decreased by more than 1.7 times from 2015 to 2019. Comparison of the level of primary morbidity in the children’s population of the Chechen Republic with the average indicators for the country as a whole made it possible to state that during the entire observation period the incidence of children’s deseases in the Chechen Republic was several times lower compared to the national average, and this difference tends to increase every year. Such low rates of primary morbidity in children are largely due to the low availability of medical care due to insufficiency of medical personnel. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a certain decrease of appeal of the child population to medical organizations and, eventually, to decrease in the primary incidence of children, which in 2020 was reported to decrease by 1.35 times compared to 2019.