STROKE IN UZBEKISTAN AS A “SOCIALLY DANGEROUS DISEASE”
Abstract
Socially significant, or socially dangerous, diseases are understood to be diseases that are very widespread among the population, require significant expenditure for treatment, and severely worsen patients' condition while limiting their physical capabilities. In the Republic of Uzbekistan, the list of socially dangerous diseases was approved by Resolution No. 153 of the Cabinet of Ministers dated March 20, 1997 (28 years ago), signed by O. Sultanov, and includes tuberculosis, oncological and sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS, leprosy (leprosy), mental illnesses, alcoholism, and drug addiction. According to data from 2021, a total of 85,481 deaths from disease were registered in Uzbekistan. Of these, 52,741 (61.7%) were due to “circulatory diseases,” 6,667 (7.8%) were due to oncological diseases, 4,445 (5.2%) were due to trauma, poisoning, and accidents, 26,499 (4.1%) were due to diseases of the respiratory system, 2,649 (3.1%) were due to infectious diseases, 3,504 (4.1%) were due to diseases of the digestive system, and 9,744 (11.4%) were due to deaths from all other diseases affecting humans. In other words, for every 8 patients who died of circulatory diseases (acute stroke and myocardial infarction), there was 1 death from an oncological (cancer) disease; the ratio to deaths from injuries, poisoning, and accidents was 12:1, to gastrointestinal diseases 15:1, and to infectious diseases — including COVID-related deaths — 20:1.
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