Spread of socially significant diseases and control of them in Russia

On the data from Rosstat the article presents dynamics in the incidence of socially significant diseases, the list of which is specified in the RF Government Decree No. 715 of I December 2004. The List includes the following diseases: disease caused by HIV, tuberculosis, viral hepatitis B and C, sexually transmitted diseases, diabetes mellitus, malignant neoplasms, mental and behavioral disorders, hypertensive disease - 9 diseases in total. In 2007 there was adopted Federal targeted program “Prevention and control of socially significant diseases (2007-2012)”. In subsequent years similar programs were adopted and implemented by regional authorities. As a result, primary incidence in Russia declined in 2018 as compared to 2005: in active tuberculosis by 1.9 times, in syphilis - by 4 times. The number of patients taken under observation with diagnosis established for the first time in life, also declined: in mental disorders by 1.4 times, in alcoholism by 2.8 times, and in drug addiction by 1.7 times. And within these 13 years was registered an increase of primary incidence in non-communicable diseases: in hypertension by 1.9 times, diabetes mellitus by 1.4 times, malignant neoplasms by 1.2 times, and in infectious disease caused by HIV by 2.5 times. There were identified the causes of these differently directed dynamics. Regional differences in the incidence of socially significant diseases were examined by the number of patients being on the books in medical establishments. There were identified 10 RF subjects with the highest and 10 subjects with the lowest number of patients in 2018.