title: [Prevalence of large-intestinal diseases in Azerbaijan].
abstract: 15,000 adults in Azerbaijan have been surveyed. The programme of the survey included interviews with specially designed questionnaires consisting of questions related to working and living conditions, nutritional habits, X-ray and endoscopic examinations of the colon have been conducted. Referrals to polyclinics for colon diseases accounted for 6.0 per 100 inhabitants and after active detection among men--41.5 and among women--45.6 per 100 persons examined. The leading role in the incidence of chronic diseases of colon is played by hemorrhoid (31.0%), chronic colitis (33.6%), colon dyskinesia (13.5%). It has been found that the most significant predisposing causes of colon diseases were: bacillary dysentery, different types of neuroses, milk indigestion, gynaecological and prostatic diseases, and obesity.
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Salimov
authors.forename: I T
authors.initials: IT
authors.lastname: Abasov
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Iof
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001382:Azerbaijan; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000458:organization & administration; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Rasprostranennost' zabolevaniĭ tolstogo kishechnika po materialam Azerbaĭdzhana.