[Descriptive-epidemiologic aspects of nephro-urologic diseases in Serbia]

The medical records of out-patients and in-patients served as the source of information for the incidence of nephrourological diseases, within the period 1983-1992. Cancer Registry and other appropriate registries of central Serbia were analysed, too. Mortality data were taken from the Republic Institute of Statistics. Descriptive method was used in epidemiological analysis. The highest incidence rates of kidney diseases were in central Serbia (59.6%), and the lowest in Kosovo and Metohija (40.2%). The most frequent were nephrolithiasis (26%), bladder and urethral diseases (20%) and pyelonephritis (17%). Mortality rates were highest for nephrosis and nephritis (13.7%). Men died more frequently due to malignant tumours of the bladder (4.9%) and kidney (2.3%) than women (1.2% and 1.6%). Unsteady quality of original data referring to constitutional parts of Serbia interfered with total comprehension of the epidemiological situation.