COMPARATIVE CLINICO-EPIDEMIOLOGIC INDICES OF NON-MELANOMA SKIN CANCERS IN LUGANSK PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC IN 2015-2017
The incidence of morbidity caused by skin cancers (SC) among the citizens of Lugansk People’s Republic was analyzed. The data received indicate that in the last three years (2015-2017) there was a tendency in decreasing of the level of morbidity and lethality caused by skin cancers in LPR. It was due to the measures undertaken, viz. earlier diagnosis of the disease, a wide range of the medical prophylactic examinations of the population and carrying out of the constant screening of the population at the prehospital stage. The work had been carried out by the physicians including doctors dermatologists. As for morbidity caused by skin cancers in the whole population of the citizens in Lugansk region in 2013 and in patients in LPR in 2017 it was noted that in all age groups of the citizens in LPR it was lower in 1.2 - 1.4 times and in age group of 35-39 the morbidity in the citizens of LPR was lower in 3 times. Gender characteristics showed that the highest level of the morbidity caused by SC both in males and females was at the age of 70 and in the elder ones.