The dynamics of general childhood disability and a statistical analysis of the provision of medical care according to the profile of "maxillofacial surgery” for this group of patients in the Penza region for 2017-2019
Children's - disability is one of the most acute problems of modern society. The article presents the level of child disability in the Russian Federation and the Penza region for the period 2017 - 2019. An analysis of the data of the Federal Register of Disabled Persons and Form No. 19 “Information on Children with Disabilities” for 2017-2019 made it possible to determine that the majority of the disability of the child population was made up of children aged 8-14. Among disabled children, boys prevailed. The main cause of childhood disability is restrictions due to mental and behavioral disorders. Every year there has been a steady upward trend in the number of children with disabilities who seek specialized medical care in the field of “maxillofacial surgery”. The purpose of our work was to obtain information on child disability in the Penza region and the city of Penza. The study was conducted based on the analysis of statistical data.