STRUCTURE OF DISABILITY IN ASTRAKHAN REGION IN 2012–2013
This article analyzes the indicators of disability in the Astrakhan region for 3 years. Decrease in the number of medical examinations, lowering the number of re-recognized as disabled adults and children of the Astrakhan region were observed. Indicator of disability is consistently high among of pensioners. Indicator of primary children’s disability increased. In the 2012–2013 in the structure of the primary disability in the adult population is dominated by people with disabilities of the third group, followed by the second group of people with disabilities, and the third-place ranking is occupied by invalids of the first group. Analysis of disability among children showed that a share of the most common category of «child with a disability» is defined in the age group of up to 3 years.Malignant neoplasms came in first place in the structure of the primary disability among adults in 2013, second place – Diseases of the circulatory system. Leading position in the formation of disability in children accounts for diseases of nervous system, in second place – congenital anomalies, in third place – mental disorders.