Dynamics of Morbidity and Prevalence of Atopic Dermatitis in Children of Ukraine over the Past 20 Years:Medical and Environmental Aspects
Introduction. The article describes such a big problem in pediatric allergology as the increased incidence and prevalence of atopic dermatitis in children of Ukraine. Purpose. To assess the changes of the incidence and prevalence of atopic dermatitis among pediatric population of Ukraine over the past 20 years in order to determine the possible impact of adverse environmental factors on the onset of atopic dermatitis. Materials and methods. We have analyzed the data from the State Institution “Center for Medical Statistics of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine” and the State Statistics Service of Ukraine for the period 1997-2019. The methods of systematic approach, cluster, correlation and epidemiological analysis were used for statistical analysis. Results. Over the past 20 years in Ukraine, there has been the increase of the prevalence of atopic dermatitis in children by 43.9%. Also we saw the increase of the incidence of atopic dermatitis by 8.3%. We have observed the predominance of detection of this pathology among young children originated from large industrial and agro-industrial regions of the country with significant emissions of pollutants in atmospheric air from the stationary and mobile sources of pollution. Such origin had a direct weak effect on both the increase and decrease of detection of the number of cases of atopic dermatitis in children. Conclusion. Atopic dermatitis is one of the most significant and frequent dermatoses in children in Ukraine. The increase of the incidence and prevalence of atopic dermatitis in children in Ukraine is in line with global trends and caused by environmental reasons.