Major results related to prior disability caused by digestive diseases among adult population of the Russian federation from 2000 to 2012

Prior disability caused by digestive diseases has been studied with consideration of age, disability grade and occurrence among adult population of the Russian Federation from 2000 to 2012. In general, the level of prior disability caused by digestive diseases decreased by 27.5% for the 13-year period; the overall number ofpeople qualified for the first time as persons with disabilities caused by this pathology increased by 11.1% in comparison with the initial figures. Such cohort mostly includes employable population with disability of 2nd and 3rd grades; prior disability becomes more severe with age. A positive trend related to prior disability manifests as decreasing ratio ofpersons with disability of the 1st and 2nd grades.

Russian Federation, adult population, digestive diseases, prior disability