[Study of diabetes mellitus morbidity]

The incidence of diabetes mellitus was studied among the population of Dushanbe. TTH test was used to examine 8768 persons. Morbidity index proved to constitute 15.46 per 1000 residents. This index increased with age from 0.36 in the age group from 15 to 29 years to 81.06 per 1000 residents in the age group of 60 years and older. The ratio of morbidity index of the manifest and latent forms of diabetes mellitus constitutes 1.13: 1 (8.68 and 6.78 per 1000 residents, respectively). By the results of study with the use of TTH test the total morbidity index was 3.1 times greater than that according to the application for medical aid to the therapeutic-prophylactic institutions of the town.