DYNAMICS OF PRIMARY DISABILITY DUE TO MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS AMONG THE POPULATION OF RETIREMENT AGE IN THE ORENBURG REGION FOR THE PERIOD OF 2009 - 2019
There has been noted a global trend of population ageing; there have been listed the factors that increase the risk of developing cancer in people of retirement age. There have been indicated trends in the dynamics of the incidence of malignant neoplasms among the population of the Russian Federation and the Orenburg region over the past 10 years. There have been presented legislative documents that ensure the implementation of measures to improve the early detection of malignant neoplasms, including in people of retirement age. There has been shown that in the background of an increase in cancer incidence in the Russian Federation and the Orenburg region for the period of 2009 - 2019, the number of people recognized as disabled for the first time due to malignant neoplasms increased among the retirement age population, and in 2016 - 2019, this class of diseases became the main cause of primary disability. Indicators of primary disability due to malignant neoplasms among the population of retirement age in the Orenburg region in recent years have been characterized by some positive trends-a decrease in the level of disability and moving the region from the 4th to the 21st rank among the subjects of the Russian Federation in 2016, as well as a decrease in the share of this indicates the effectiveness of the regional program to combat cancer and improve the performance of the cancer care service.