title: Epidemiology and public health in the Yagodnoye district.
abstract: Yagodnoye District (population 48,622 as of January 1, 1991) is one of seven administrative districts in the Magadan Region of the Russian Republic, USSR. The population age-distribution is different from that of the United States or Alaska with a larger proportion of persons 20-49 years of age and relatively few people greater than or equal to 60 years of age. Public health and epidemiologic services are provided by a Sanitation and Epidemiology Station with a staff of approximately 108 persons, including 19 doctors. Major activities include Environmental and Occupational Health, Vector Control, Bacteriology Laboratory, and Epidemiology. Epidemiologic services are highly focused on infectious diseases despite the apparent presence of other major public health problems.
authors.affiliation: Alaska Division of Public Health, Section of Epidemiology, Anchorage 99524-0249.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003710:Demography; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011635:Public Health Administration; D014586:USSR / Q000453:epidemiology