[Structure of leucosis prevalence in the Republic of Karakalpakstan]

The WHO recommends performance of the evaluation of the measurement of prevalence of the main forms of leucosis in the region as the primary step of the development of the National Program of the struggle with leukemia. During the period from 2000 to 2010 in the Republic of Karakalpakstan there were registered 252 cases (3,9 %) cases of leucosis. Of them 141 (49,5 %) were males, and 111 (38,9 %) - females at the age from 15 to 70 years. In the structure of leucosis prevalence in the population of the Republic of Karakalpakstan there were prevailed chronic myeloleucosis (CML) (31,9 %) and acute lymphoblast leucosis (ALL) (22,5 %). The men (mean age - 35,80 years +/- 1,34 years) were ill more frequent, on the average, 1,3 times than women (mean age - 40,00 years +/- 1,45 years). Chronic lympholeucosis (CLL) and acute lymphoblast leucosis (ALL) is diagnosed predominantly among rural inhabitants, while AML and CML (24,2 %) are rather registered among the urban inhabitants. In the Republic of Karakalpakstan the chance of development of ALL (30,2 % SD 2,33 {95 % DI 1,18-4,58}; P = 0,02) and AML (21,9 % SD 7,47 {95 % DI 2,23-25,0}; P = 0,0004) in the young age was 2 and 6,1 times higher, respectively, than in the adult age, but the content of CML increased 2,3 times.