[The epidemiology of kidney infection and chronic pyelonephritis in Ukraine]

This study was undertaken to gain insights into the time-related trends in incidence and prevalence of infectious and inflammatory diseases of the kidneys in the population of Ukraine, with special reference to industrial and geographic division of the country, identifying those areas having been exposed to ionizing radiation (IR). The analysis was done on the basis of the official statistical data over a 6-year period (1990-1995) on the "infection of the kidneys" and chronic pyelonephritis morbidity in the country. In the data analysis, conventional statistical methods were employed together with those of regression analysis. The results obtained will enable us to suggest certain IR influence on the incidence rate of renal diseases. There was a significant difference in the indices among different areas and regions. Proposed in the paper are methods that will, we believe, help in finding out the real prevalence and incidence of infectious and inflammatory diseases of the kidneys in the country as well as in making the diagnosis thereof more accurate.