ABSTRACT
A comparative analysis has been carried out of indices for health status in 137,072 persons who took part in the elimination of the aftermath of the Chernobyl accident, using records of the National Register of Ukraine. The above-mentioned indices were for time-related general morbidity, mortality, disability during the period of 1988-1996. There has been revealed yearly increase in morbidity rates in all classes of diseases, in particular those of the circulatory system, nervous system, and sense organs, digestive, and respiratory systems. High morbidity rates are recordable with respect to that class of diseases afflicting the endocrine system, blood, and hemopoietic organs, neoplasms including malignant tumours. The disability rates tended to increase above average statistical ones for Ukraine.
Subject(s)
Health Status , Power Plants , Radiation Injuries/complications , Radioactive Hazard Release , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Morbidity/trends , Mortality/trends , Radioactive Hazard Release/statistics & numerical data , Registries/statistics & numerical data , Ukraine/epidemiologySubject(s)
Disabled Persons/statistics & numerical data , Power Plants/statistics & numerical data , Radioactive Hazard Release/statistics & numerical data , Registries/statistics & numerical data , Adult , Disabled Persons/classification , Female , Health Status , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , UkraineSubject(s)
Accidents, Occupational , Nuclear Reactors , Occupational Diseases/epidemiology , Power Plants , Radiation Injuries/epidemiology , Adolescent , Adult , Age Distribution , Endocrine System Diseases/epidemiology , Female , Humans , Incidence , Male , Middle Aged , Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced/epidemiology , Radiation Dosage , Sex Distribution , Ukraine/epidemiologySubject(s)
Environmental Exposure , Environmental Health , Public Health , Sanitation/methods , Epidemiologic Methods , Goals , UkraineABSTRACT
The morbidity was studied of 3000 preschool children born and inhabiting the territory of six Rovno Province districts belonging to the "Western trail" of the Chernobyl accident. It was found that the children born in 1986-1987 showed a 1.5-3 times increase of the morbidity as compared with the pre-accident period.