Morbidity of population by disease groups

 

	2002	2005	2006	2007	2008
Number of registered
newly diagnosed cases	7629229	8123029	8051031	8046788	8120337
of which:
certain infectious and
parasitic diseases	365723	357616	356851	353066	338420
neoplasms	81344	96734	96333	98112	99359
diseases of the blood,
blood forming organs
and certain disorders
involving the immune
mechanism	23002	24815	25156	24943	23833
endocrine, nutritional
and metabolic
diseases	69819	70481	66926	64859	78772
mental and
behavioural
disorders	119939	152571	159877	161412	160842
diseases of the nervous
system	82005	72764	69333	66213	62673
diseases of the eye
and adnexa	256186	284356	275248	280170	297361
diseases of the ear
and mastoid process	197276	225588	227406	229252	218618
diseases of the
circulatory system	212233	256266	254710	268284	312621

diseases of the
respiratory system	3881704	4097389	4035686	4064146	4081431
diseases of the
digestive system	300678	287383	267628	252370	270565
diseases of the skin and
subcutaneous tissue	410800	447114	440045	436538	424780
diseases of the musculo-
skeletal system
and connective tissue	387204	428380	442436	438344	446332
diseases of the
genitourinary system	292148	311915	313914	302779	314212
congenital malformations,   deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
	10333	10614	10606	11119	11822
symptoms, signs and
abnormal clinical and
laboratory findings,
not elsewhere classified	32856	45141	44385	45470	42127
injury, poisoning and
certain other
consequences of
external causes	768727	808134	815483	802990	786521

Per 100 000 population
Number of registered
newly diagnosed cases	76870,6	83097,4	82723,1	82938,5	83880,5
of which:
certain infectious and
parasitic diseases	3685,0	3658,4	3666,6	3639,1	3495,8
neoplasms	819,6	989,6	989,8	1011,2	1026,3
diseases of the blood,
blood forming organs
and certain disorders
involving the immune
mechanism	231,8	253,9	258,5	257,1	246,2
endocrine, nutritional
and metabolic
diseases	703,5	721,0	687,7	668,5	813,7
mental and
behavioural
disorders	1208,5	1560,8	1642,7	1663,7	1661,4
diseases of the nervous
system	826,3	744,4	712,4	682,5	647,4
diseases of the eye
and adnexa	2581,3	2908,9	2828,1	2887,7	3071,6
diseases of the ear
and mastoid process	1987,7	2307,7	2336,6	2362,9	2258,3
diseases of the
circulatory system	2138,4	2621,6	2617,1	2765,2	3229,3

diseases of the
respiratory system	39111,3	41915,7	41466,1	41889,3	42159,9
diseases of the
digestive system	3029,6	2939,9	2749,8	2601,2	2794,9
diseases of the skin and
subcutaneous tissue	4139,1	4573,9	4521,4	4499,4	4387,8
diseases of the musculo-
skeletal system
and connective tissue	3901,4	4382,3	4546,0	4518,0	4610,5
diseases of the
genitourinary system	2943,6	3190,8	3225,4	3120,8	3245,7
congenital malformations,
deformations and
chromosomal abnormalities	104,1	108,6	109,0	114,6	122,1
symptoms, signs and
abnormal clinical and
laboratory findings,
not elsewhere classified	331,1	461,8	456,0	468,7	435,2
injury, poisoning and
certain other
consequences of
external causes	7745,5	8267,1	8379,0	8276,4	8124,5

 

 

 

 

Pregnancy outcomes

 

	2000	2005	2006	2007	2008
Number of women who completed
pregnancy with:
term deliveries	85479	83787	89997	97459	104159
pre-term deliveries	2945	2787	2762	2967	2996
abortions (spontaneous or
therapeutic)	4432	4123	4399	4531	201
as % of completed pregnancies:
term deliveries	92,0	92,4	92,6	92,9	97,0
pre-term deliveries	3,2	3,1	2,9	2,8	2,8
abortions (spontaneous or
therapeutic)	4,8	4,5	4,5	4,3	0,2

 

 

 

 

Health status of the newborn

 

	2000	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total babies born alive	94870	90228	96386	103316	107725
Babies that got sick
(with body weight
1000 g and over)	17858	20049	20687	20961	20966
as percent of
babies born alive	18,8	22,2	21,5	20,3	19,5
of them
diagnosed with:
acute respiratory
infections	0,4	0,3	0,2	0,2	0,1
pneumonia	0,03	0,00	0,02	0,01	0,00
infections of
the skin and
subcutaneous tissue	0,1	0,01	0,03	0,04	0,03
congenital
malformations	2,2	2,2	2,3	2,1	1,9
birth trauma	2,6	2,9	3,1	3,0	2,9
intrauterine
hypoxia and
birth asphyxia	7,1	6,1	5,9	5,2	4,3
hemolytic disease	0,7	0,6	0,6	0,6	0,4
Premature babies	4496	4154	4215	4429	4427
as percent of
babies born alive	4,7	4,6	4,4	4,3	4,1

 

 

 

 

Morbidity among infants in the first year of life by disease groups

 

	2002	2005	2006	2007	2008
Number of registered
newly diagnosed cases	171715	176232	173534	178002	169373
of which:
certain infectious and
parasitic diseases	4922	4600	4623	4478	4481
neoplasms	830	1688	1384	1540	1576
diseases of blood,
blood forming organs
and certain disorders
involving the immune
mechanism	7376	7963	7982	7832	7773
endocrine, nutritional
metabolic diseases	2521	1999	1862	1669	1519
mental and
behavioural
disorders	108	155	138	28	87
diseases of the nervous
system	1253	2623	2862	2590	2594
diseases of the eye
and adnexa	5173	5488	5134	5170	5825
diseases of the ear
and mastoid process	2935	3320	3214	3036	2752
diseases of the
circulatory system	609	306	198	229	226

diseases of the
respiratory system	103185	102638	105661	108642	100037
diseases of the
digestive organs	6015	6621	5681	6380	5819
diseases of the skin and
subcutaneous tissue	6814	7942	7535	7714	7481
diseases of the musculo-
skeletal system
and connective tissue	292	253	440	538	636
diseases of the
genitourinary system	1907	1681	1636	1755	1778
certain conditions
originating in
the perinatal period	20047	17765	14932	15519	14869
congenital malformations
deformations
and chromosomal
abnormalities	4528	4767	4653	5151	5330
symptoms, signs and
abnormal clinical and
laboratory findings,
not elsewhere
classified	1455	4299	3684	3679	4335
injury, poisoning and
certain other
consequenses of
external causes	1745	2124	1915	2052	2255

Per 100 000 children
Number of registered
newly diagnosed cases	1870,8	2001,5	1948,4	1914,4	1700,1
of which:
certain infectious and
parasitic diseases	53,6	52,2	51,9	48,2	45,0
neoplasms	9,0	19,2	15,5	16,6	15,8
diseases of blood,
blood forming organs
and certain disorders
involving the immune
mechanism	80,4	90,4	89,6	84,2	78,0
endocrine, nutritional
metabolic diseases	27,5	22,7	20,9	18,0	15,2
mental and
behavioural
disorders	1,2	1,8	1,5	0,3	0,9
diseases of the nervous
system	13,7	29,8	32,1	27,9	26,0
diseases of the eye
and adnexa	56,4	62,3	57,6	55,6	58,5
diseases of the ear
and mastoid process	32,0	37,7	36,1	32,7	27,6
diseases of the
circulatory system	6,6	3,5	2,2	2,5	2,3

diseases of the
respiratory system	1124,2	1165,7	1186,3	1168,5	1004,1
diseases of the
digestive organs	65,5	75,2	63,8	68,6	58,4
diseases of the skin and
subcutaneous tissue	74,2	90,2	84,6	83,0	75,1
diseases of the musculo-
skeletal system
and connective tissue	3,2	2,9	4,9	5,8	6,4
diseases of the
genitourinary system	20,8	19,1	18,4	18,9	17,8
certain conditions
originating in
the perinatal period	218,4	201,8	167,6	166,9	149,3
congenital malformations
deformations
and chromosomal
abnormalities	49,3	54,1	52,2	55,4	53,5
symptoms, signs and
abnormal clinical and
laboratory findings,
not elsewhere
classified	15,9	48,8	41,4	39,6	43,5
injury, poisoning and
certain other
consequenses of
external causes	19,0	24,1	21,5	22,1	22,6

 

 

 

 

Number of persons aged 18 years and over

newly recognised disabled by regions and for Minsk-City

 

	2000	2005	2006	2007	2008
Republic of Belarus	55495	52048	49305	43689	41685
Regions:
Brest	7664	7592	7013	5897	5702
Vitebsk	6590	5517	5020	4846	4621
Gomel	10630	9165	8761	7464	5965
Grodno	6662	5923	5795	5220	4960
Minsk-City	10009	10342	9188	8653	9371
Minsk	7802	7783	7857	6721	6345
Mogilev	6138	5726	5671	4888	4721
Per 10 000 population aged 18 years and over
Republic of Belarus	72,6	66,7	63,0	55,6	52,9
Regions:
Brest	69,0	67,2	61,9	52,0	50,2
Vitebsk	62,4	52,5	47,8	46,2	44,1
Gomel	91,0	77,7	74,2	63,1	50,4
Grodno	74,5	66,4	65,0	58,7	55,7
Minsk-City	76,1	71,3	62,2	57,7	61,6
Minsk	66,3	66,0	66,5	56,7	53,5
Mogilev	66,7	62,3	61,8	53,3	51,6

 

 

 

 

Number of children aged under 18 years

newly recognised disabled by regions and for Minsk-City

 

	2000	2005	2006	2007	2008
Republic of Belarus	4145	3461	3297	3149	2930
Regions:
Brest	765	648	523	562	491
Vitebsk	428	406	391	362	328
Gomel	757	552	558	500	416
Grodno	513	416	416	359	319
Minsk-City	581	502	543	555	642
Minsk	567	497	499	480	453
Mogilev	534	440	367	331	281
Per 10 000 children
Republic of Belarus	17,5	17,6	17,3	17,1	16,3
Regions:
Brest	20,6	20,3	16,9	18,6	16,5
Vitebsk	13,8	16,3	16,4	15,8	14,8
Gomel	20,5	17,8	18,6	17,2	14,7
Grodno	18,1	17,6	18,3	16,3	14,9
Minsk-City	15,3	15,6	17,4	18,2	21,3
Minsk	15,4	16,6	17,3	17,2	16,6
Mogilev	18,8	18,8	16,3	15,2	13,3

 

 

 

 

Disabled registered with social protection agencies

 

	2000	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total disabled registered
with social protection
agencies	412981	504373	509204	510644	509181
per 10 000 population	413,4	517,3	524,2	527,0	526,5
Of which total disabled
children aged under 18 years
granted social pensions	29115	28895	28403	27662	26632
per 10 000 population	124,8	149,4	152,0	152,1	149,2

 

 

 

 

Nursing and care homes for the elderly and for disabled adults and children

 

	2000	2005	2006	2007	2008
Number of nursing and care homes
for the elderly and disabled
adults	63	61	61	62	62
therein:
places	14953	14908	15163	15554	15747
inmates, persons	14257	14670	14848	15053	15351
Number of nursing and care homes
for disabled children	9	9	9	9	9
therein:
places	1957	1738	1747	1772	1692
inmates, persons	1770	1643	1718	1725	1657

 

 

 

 

Hospital organisations

 

	2000	2005	2006	2007	2008
Number of hospital
organisations	830	711	725	792	773
Number of beds in
hospital organisations
total	126209	108792	108793	108942	107670
per 10 000 population	126,3	111,6	112,0	112,4	111,3
Number of beds for
children
total	15267	14947	14898	14929	14774
per 10 000 children	65,5	77,3	79,7	82,1	82,7
Number of central district
hospitals	113	107	105	107	107
total bed space	31266	25337	24850	25515	25390
average
hospital capacity	276,7	236,8	236,7	238,5	237,3
Number of district hospitals	24	19	17	15	14
total bed space	2530	1552	1372	1205	1095
average
hospital capacity	105,4	81,7	80,7	80,3	78,2
Number of area hospitals	388	274	286	176	170
total bed space	11501	7073	7698	5151	4843
average
hospital capacity	29,6	25,8	26,9	29,3	28,5

 

 

 

 

Number of physicians by selected specialty

 

(end of year; persons)

	2000	2005	2006	2007	2008
Number of physicians	45817	45649	46359	46965	48124
of which:
therapeutists	12212	11674	12110	12018	11907
surgeons	6169	6317	6375	6474	6710
obstetrician-gynecologists	2645	2598	2522	2526	2604
pediatricians	4252	3790	3823	3896	3943
ophthalmologists	944	947	941	966	1019
otorhinolaryngologists	821	784	795	799	809
neurologists	1432	1458	1463	1446	1531
psychiatrists	1334	1449	1457	1498	1422
phthisiologists	550	528	523	524	510
dermatovenerologists	722	667	646	655	620
roentgenologists	1200	1229	1249	1261	1014
exercise and sports therapists	293	253	258	256	119
physicians of sanitary and
antiepidemic group	1933	1944	1942	1910	1882
stomatologists	4485	4555	4647	4784	5115
other	6825	7456	7608	7952	8919

Per 10 000 population
Number of physicians	45,9	46,8	47,7	48,5	49,8
of which:
therapeutists	12,2	12,0	12,5	12,4	12,3
surgeons	6,2	6,5	6,6	6,7	6,9
obstetrician-gynecologists	5,0	5,0	4,9	4,9	5,0
pediatricians	18,2	19,6	20,5	21,4	22,1
ophthalmologists	0,9	1,0	1,0	1,0	1,1
otorhinolaryngologists	0,8	0,8	0,8	0,8	0,8
neurologists	1,4	1,5	1,5	1,5	1,6
psychiatrists	1,3	1,5	1,5	1,5	1,5
phthisiologists	0,6	0,5	0,5	0,5	0,5
dermatovenerologists	0,7	0,7	0,7	0,7	0,6
roentgenologists	1,2	1,3	1,3	1,3	1,0
exercise and sports therapists	0,3	0,3	0,3	0,3	0,1
physicians of sanitary and
antiepidemic group	1,9	2,0	2,0	2,0	1,9
stomatologists	4,5	4,7	4,8	4,9	5,3
other	6,8	7,6	7,8	8,2	9,2

 

 

 

 

Number and availability rates of paramedical personnel

by selected specialty

 

(end of year; persons)

	2000	2005	2006	2007	2008
Persons
Total paramedical personnel	122641	118513	118327	118157	120636
of which:
physician assistants	12557	10865	10889	10902	11430
obstetricians	6315	5115	5020	4921	4880
medical nurses	76515	80039	80095	79941	81078
physician assistants-
laboratory assistants
(medical assistants)	9451	10122	10097	10175	10012
X-ray laboratory assistants	2218	2477	2522	2556	2567
dentists	1935	1962	1990	1964	1515
other	13650	7933	7714	7698	9154
per 10 000 population
Total paramedical personnel	122,8	121,5	121,8	121,9	124,7
of which:
physician assistants	12,6	11,1	11,2	11,3	11,8
obstetricians	11,9	9,8	9,7	9,5	9,5
medical nurses	76,6	82,1	82,4	82,5	83,8
physician assistants-
laboratory assistants
(medical assistants)	9,5	10,4	10,4	10,5	10,4
X-ray laboratory assistants	2,2	2,5	2,6	2,6	2,7
dentists	1,9	2,0	2,0	2,0	1,6
other	13,7	8,1	7,9	7,9	9,5

 

 

 

 

Outpatient-and-polyclinic organisations

 

	2000	2005	2006	2007	2008
Number of outpatient-and-polyclinic organisations
(both unaffiliated and affiliated with other
organisations)	1843	2005	2022	2027	2208
Capacity of outpatient-and polyclinic organisations
(total visits per shift, thsd.)	231,5	240,9	242,9	244,5	253,5
per 10 000 population	231,7	247,1	250,1	252,3	262,1
Average number of visits to physicians per resident	12,2	13,0	13,2	13,6	13,1
Number of women's health consulting clinics
and children's polyclinics and
outpatient clinics (unaffiliated)
and number of organisations having women's
health departments and children's departments	802	846	913	876	826
Number of unaffiliated stomatological polyclinics	76	67	66	66	66
Number of day patient facilities at outpatient-
and-polyclinic organisations	485	1024	1052	1063	1099
bed space therein	5294	11360	11583	11483	12059
Number of feldsher-obstetric stations	2891	2527	2480	2431	2423

 

 

 

 

Infant homes

 

	2000	2005	2006	2007	2008
Number of infant homes at year-end	13	11	11	11	11
infants therein	1300	1302	1265	1134	1144
of which orphans and children
deprived of parental care	1014	1063	1034	926	781
Yearly infant intake	735	764	686	772	930
of them:
from parents	151	110	117	121	132
orphans and children
deprived of parental care	584	612	525	617	460
Yearly infant discharge	687	745	700	887	909
of them:
to parents	118	135	132	188	249
for adoption	331	167	150	287	285
of which by foreign
nationals	151	-	2	2	-
Deaths	42	26	20	16	11
Number of retarded infants:
physically	756	590	532	476	474
mentally	978	835	767	695	736

 

 

 

 

Number and availability of pharmacies

by regions and for Minsk-City

 

	2007	2008
Republic of Belarus	2398	2417
Regions:
Brest	346	347
Vitebsk	360	362
Gomel	323	327
Grodno	301	297
Minsk-City	450	450
Minsk	328	329
Mogilev	290	305
Per 10 000 population
Republic of Belarus	2,5	2,5
Regions:
Brest	2,4	2,4
Vitebsk	2,8	2,9
Gomel	2,2	2,2
Grodno	2,7	2,7
Minsk-City	2,5	2,5
Minsk	2,2	2,3
Mogilev	2,6	2,7

 

 

 

 

Public attitude toward doing physical exercise and sports, toward smoking

 

(household sample survey results; beginning of 2009; as percent)

	Share of household members aged 16 years and over doing physical exercise and sports	Of which		Share of smokers among household members	Of which those smoking more than 20 cigarettes  daily
		attending organized  sports programmes (sections,   training halls, etc.)	doing physical exercise  and sports at home
Total	23,5	44,4	55,6	27,5	6,2
оf  them:
men	24,1	51,3	48,7	52,3	7,1
women	23,1	39,1	60,9	9,2	0,8
Regions:
Brest	15,7	49,2	50,8	25,9	5,7
Vitebsk	26,4	37,5	62,5	29,5	8,0
Gomel	19,1	56,9	43,1	30,0	6,2
Grodno	19,4	44,4	55,6	24,4	5,1
Minsk-City	36,6	45,5	54,5	28,1	5,9
Minsk	21,6	37,8	62,2	26,2	4,3
Mogilev	19,6	39,7	60,3	27,8	7,9