Regional peculiarities of the morbidity of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis

Objective: to analyze the incidence of various forms of psoriasis in the population of the Saratov region for the period from 2009 to 2016 Material and Methods. We studied the indicators of the total and primary incidence of psoriasis in the adult population in the Saratov region for the period from 2009 to 2016 in comparison with similar indicators for the Russian Federation (RF), according to the Ministry of Health of the RF Results. It is revealed that for the period 2009-2016 the overall incidence of adult psoriasis in the Saratov region increased by 5.8%, in the RF by 13.8%; the overall incidence of adult psoriatic arthritis in the Saratov region increased by 8.1 %, in the RF by 2.2%; Primary morbidity of the adult population of psoriatic arthritis in the Saratov region increased by 11.4%, in the RF by 2.3%. Primary incidence of psoriasis for the period 2009-2016 among the adult population in the Saratov region decreased by 18.5%, in the RF by 45%, which also reflects the dynamics in the RF. Conclusion. The steady increase in the overall incidence of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis in the adult population, the level of primary morbidity in psoriatic arthritis directly affects the costs and level of the state budget and requires ways to find ways to improve the organization of medical care of a dermatovenerological profile.