Age and Gender-Specific Incidence of Viral Hepatitis in the Republic of Dagestan

Omarov A. Sh., Magomedova Z. Sh., Omarov Sh. M., Omarova Z. M.

Abstract

To study the incidence of viral hepatitis (VH) of different age groups, male and female population in the Republic of Dagestan (RD) was evaluated in 13,084 newly diagnosed cases of VH in 2009-2011. The age structure of incidence of VH (B15-19) of the population of RD preponderance of age groups from 20 to 59 years, this age range covers 69.0% of all cases of VH. When the incidence of chronic VH (B18), 79.8% of the patients (both sexes) aged 20 to 59 years old. Ranking places the average annual incidence of VH by age group men and women is not the same. Age of cases VH men and women varies considerably, have an impact on the incidence of VH form. Given the age structure of cases would be fair to assert that the socio-economic impact of morbidity VH in RD is very important. Key words: age, gender, viral hepatitis, incidence, Republic of Dagestan.

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Omarov A. Sh., Magomedova Z. Sh., Omarov Sh. M., Omarova Z. M.
Age and Gender-Specific Incidence of Viral Hepatitis in the Republic of Dagestan // Electronic periodical “Herald of the International Academy of Sciences. Russian Section”, 2015. Issue #1: 39—42