THE STUDY OF OCCUPATIONAL MORBIDITY IN THE LIPETSK AREA FOR A PERIOD OF 2003 - 2012 YEARS
Occupational morbidity of the adult population in the Lipetsk area for a period of 2003 - 2012 years is higher than in the Russian Federation on the average, with it the detection of chronic occupational diseases is lower in the Lipetsk area during carrying out the prophylactic medical observations than in the RF. The analysis of occupational morbidity for a period of 2007 - 2012 years has shown that the origin of chronic occupational diseases in the Lipetsk area is connected mainly with constructive deficiencies of the labor means and imperfection of technological processes, more seldom - with imperfection of working places; the main factors resulting in the origin of occupational diseases are the factors of physical properties. The occupational diseases in the Lipetsk area are registered more often in the metallurgic and agricultural production and have been revealed in the middle aged persons with length of service under dangerous conditions of work for 21.4 - 27.6 years.