EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CHRONIC LIVER DISEASES IN ELDERLY PATIENTS IN ASTRAKHAN REGION
In this article the results of analysis of chronic liver diseases morbidity (including elderly patients) is observed for the period 2002–2012 in Astrakhan region. It was determined that chronic hepatitis and liver cirrhosis level still increased in past ten years in a different groups of patients. High frequency of viral markers of hepatitis B and C in chronic liver diseases in elderly patients was defined in Astrakhan region. The growth of the female patients was also shown. Clinical description of 95 chronic hepatitis and 231 liver cirrhosis patients from 60 to 81 years old was compared with 96 chronic hepatitis and 140 liver cirrhosis younger patients.