PRIMARY OPHTHALMOPATHOLOGY OF DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS OF URBAN AND RURAL POPULATION OF THE AMUR REGION

Abstract

The study shows changes in primary infection of the eye and its appendage apparatus in the Amur region among urban and rural population in different age groups for the past 12 years. From 1999 to 2010, the incidence of ophthalmopathology among population in the region increased by 35% (from 23.9 to 32.4‰). There are significant differences in the incidence among urban and rural population. The rate of primary ophthalmopathology morbidity among urban population of the Amur region increased from 1999 to 2010 by 17% (from 32.8 to 38.3‰). Among the rural population the overall morbidity increased over this period by 99% (from 10.3 to 20.5‰), which is the result of the lack of ophthalmologists, the reduction of the number of beds and low organizational work.