Social aspects of morbidity of chronic hepatitis B and C incidence (Samara Region case study)

Abstract

The research subject is chronic hepatites B and C incidence amongst the Samara region population. We discussed the related social aspects of these infections in the article. The research was carried out on the basis of statistical data on infectious diseases statistical data for 2000-2014, provided by the Department of The Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being (Rospotrebnadzor) of Samara region. The data for 2015-2017 have been analyzed from annually published State Reports «The state of sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population in Samara region». During the research, we analyzed the epidemic situation of the diseases and outlined comparative description about the Samara region and Russian Federations incidence rates. We analyzed the ratio of urban and rural population incidence rates and described the age structure of the population incidence in the region. We analyzed the morbidity in three main population groups: younger than working age, working age and older than working age. Comparative analysis of the morbidity was carried out the subjects of Samara region with a high and low level of socio-economic well-being. We gave the degree evaluation of socioeconomic damage from chronic hepatitis B and C and reflected the social significance of these diseases for society. We also offer the ways for problem solution and optimization of the health authorities costs aimed to the decreasing of hepatites incidence.