[The place of hypertension in the structure of the morbidity of the circulatory system organs among the adult population of L'viv Province].
The analysis of the Lviv Province adult population case rates over 1994-1996 in accordance with indices for prevalence of morbidity, general morbidity, primary invalidism and mortality shows that disorders of the circulation organs pose a problem of major social significance and are supposed to be dealt with very thoughtfully in order that it may be possible to prevent their origination and progression. Arterial hypertension in the VIIIth class of disorders is the most common disease and major risk factor of other illnesses origination and development. All this warrants, in the first place, doubled prophylactic work as to early detection of patients with essential hypertension and complex solution of this problem on the part of the state that faces it.
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D000328:Adult; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009017:Morbidity / Q000639:trends; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends; D014455:Ukraine / Q000453:epidemiology