The state of oral health in the population of separate regions of Ukraine

Abstract

Annotation. The prevalence of oral diseases in the population of Ukraine is constantly growing. Planning approaches to improving the oral health of communities requires the study of its regional differences, which determines the urgency of the problem. The aim of the study – to study the regional differences in the state of oral health of the population of Zhytomyr, Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions; identify approaches to developing measures for its preservation and restoration. Medical and statistical analysis of data from the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, the Center for Medical Statistics of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, the National Cancer Registry for 2010-2019 was conducted using the licensed Microsoft Office 2010 application suite. The graphic method for data visualization is used. It was found that the health status of the oral cavity of the population of Chernihiv region was the most neglected, which is confirmed by the highest needs for rehabilitation and their growth from 57.5% to 61.5% of the number of examined persons. Among the population of this region, oncological pathology increased from 6.8 to 7.8 per 100 thousand people, the mortality rate from it was the highest – 4.3 and 4.8 per 100 thousand people, respectively. In the Zhytomyr region, the level of population complaints about periodontal disease was the highest – 177.5 people out of every 10 thousand people, as well as the percentage of malignant neoplasms of the oral cavity in stages III-IV – 56.6%. In the Kharkiv region, the share of malignant neoplasms of the oral cavity detected for the first time in stages III-IV (from 37.7% to 42.0%) grew most actively. Thus, regional oral health features require targeted interventions in regional health programs. Taking into account the regional features of the oral health of the population of communities will contribute to the development of the most effective measures to influence its preservation and restoration in the regional health programs. Prospects for further research are aimed at using the results obtained in the development of regional public health programs in the field of oral health.