[Modern trends in primary disability due to cerebrovascular diseases in a large city]

To study the primary disability due to cerebrovascular diseases (CVD) in St.-Petersburg for 13 years (from 2004 to 2016) according to the data of the medical-social expertise institution.

Based on the official statistics, the prevalence, level and structure of primary disability due to CVD in St.-Petersburg for 13 years (from 2004 to 2016) were analyzed.

With the increase in overall incidence of CVD by 1.3 times during the study period and the increase in primary morbidity due to CVD by 2 times, there was a decline by 3.1 times of indicators of primary disability. The level of primary disability in people of retirement age due to this disease during the entire observation period was significantly higher than in the working age group (4.3-fold). The structure of primary disability due to CVD in people of working age is dominated by persons with disabilities of III group, whereas among the elderly, the vast majority were people with group II disability, however, the 13-year dynamics shows that their share has decreased in 1.4 times. There was a significant difference between the indicators of primary disability due to CVD in St.-Petersburg in comparison with the Russian Federation, connected, in our opinion, with the special demographic composition of the residents of the city and a predominance of people of retirement age.