A comparative analysis of the medico-social characteristics of primary disability of the population of Saint Petersburg in comparison of periods: 2007-2009 and 2013-2015

The article presents the medical and social characteristics ofprimary disability in the period from 2007 to 2009 and from 2013 to 2015. In the article there are presented medical-social characteristics of the primary disability over the periods from 2007 to 2009 and from 2013 till 2015. There were analyzed extensive and intensive indices of the primary disability which manifest as dynamics characteristics of the public health ofthe adult population of St. Petersburg. There were revealed clear cut downward trends in the number ofpersons for the first time recognized as disabled and the level of the primary disability in a major metropolis. There is established a consistent trend of the increase of specific weight of working-age persons for the first time recognized as disabled in the total number of the disabled adult population. In the compared periods there were revealed trends of increasing of the specific gravity of cases for the first time recognized as disabled at a young age. The use of indices obtained in the study can serve as the basis for the analysis and evaluation of the activities of the Bureau of the Socio-Medical Expertise in the modern conditions.

adult population, primary disability, specific gravity, incidence, persons with disabilities, trends