Purpose of the study: to determine the main threats to the health of the population of Moscow based on the analysis of the medical and demographic situation in Moscow and the Russian Federation in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to develop management decisions at the regional level.
Material and methods: Materials of the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), as well as statistical collections of the Russian Research Institute of Health of the Ministry of Health of Russia for 2013-2022 were used.
Results: Coronavirus infection has changed the morbidity and mortality rates of the population of the Russian Federation and its constituent entities. In the Russian Federation mortality in 2019-2021 increased from 12.3 to 13.6‰, while in Moscow the increase in the indicator is significant - from 9.5 to 16.7‰. The incidence of COVID-19 in Moscow in 2020-2021 (over the two COVID years) increased from 6191.0 to 8976.0‰oo. The noted decrease in incidence rates across almost all classes of diseases during the COVID period (2019-2020) was associated with the lower medical check-ups and preventive activities, while during 2019-2021 there was an increase in disease incidence of the following classes: mental disorders, behavior disorders; diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism, etc., indicating the need for rehabilitation of this group of patients.
Conclusions: The need to counter the threats to the health of the population of Moscow caused by the coronavirus infection requires the development of management decisions aimed at strengthening preventive activities and rehabilitation of patients in the post-COVID period.
Keywords: COVID-19; disease classes; incidence; medical and demographic situation; mortality; pandemic; prevalence.