Malignant neoplasms as a threat to public health (case study of the Vologda oblast)

Malignant neoplasms remain one of the most dangerous threats to public health in the context of demographic ageing. The purpose of the study is to analyze the features characterizing morbidity and mortality from malignant neoplasms in the Vologda Oblast against the national background. The information framework of the research lies in statistics on Russia as a whole and its separate regions, as well as medical statistics on the Vologda Oblast. The analysis of the all-Russian situation establishes that during 2008-2016 in all federal districts and regions of the North-Western Federal district against the growing morbidity, the number of patients with malignant tumors increased. In the Vologda Oblast in this period, compared with other entities of the district, there was a minimum increase in the number of cancer patients (4%), and during 2008-2017 - the fourth largest value of the total absolute losses from malignant tumors (25,826 people). It was found that the share of neglected cases among patients with newly diagnosed cancer in oblast’s districts is significantly higher than in large cities...