CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES IN UKRAINE UNDER CONDITIONS OF GLOBAL WARMING

Authors

  • S. N. Vadzyuk I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine
  • V. O. Huk I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2786.2023.1.13859

Keywords:

average annual temperature, cardiovascular diseases, urban and rural population, pollution index

Abstract

Рurpose: to establish the relationship between cardiovascular diseases in Ukraine and an increase in the average annual temperature.

Materials and Мethods. The data of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine on the number of cases of cardiovascular diseases from 1990 to 2013, as well as on the share of the urban and rural population in various regions for 1990, 2000 and 2013 were analyzed. Statistical data starting from 2014 were not used due to their absence from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Average annual temperatures were obtained from the global database – The Global Historical Climatology Network. With the help of the National reports on the state of the natural environment in Ukraine, atmospheric air pollution in the regions of Ukraine was assessed. Statistical processing of the obtained results was carried out using correlation and regression analysis with determination of the reliability of the approximation.

Results. A direct average correlation between average annual temperatures and the number of newly registered cases of cardiovascular diseases in Ukraine between 1990 and 2013 was established (correlation coefficient +0.5). After carrying out an analysis between the regions of Ukraine, it was established that in the regions with direct strong and medium correlations between the number of newly detected diseases of the circulatory system and average annual air temperatures (Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Kyiv, Sumy, Kherson, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Kirovohrad, Lviv, Zhytomyr regions) the urban population prevails, as well as a higher air pollution index. In other regions of Ukraine, where the rural population predominates, a weak straight line is established, as well as inverse correlation dependences and a lower level of atmospheric air pollution.

Conclusions. In recent decades, the average annual temperature of the environment has been increasing, which has a negative effect on human health, in particular on the cardiovascular system, causing its damage. Therefore, it is important to start acting now to avoid the negative consequences of global warming.

 

Author Biographies

S. N. Vadzyuk, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine

Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine, DM (Medicine), Professor, Head of the Department of Physiology with Basics of Bioethics and Biosafety, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University

V. O. Huk, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine

graduate student of the Department of Physiology with Basics of Bioethics and Biosafety, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University

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2023-06-09

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Vadzyuk, S. N., & Huk, V. O. (2023). CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES IN UKRAINE UNDER CONDITIONS OF GLOBAL WARMING. Bulletin of Social Hygiene and Health Protection Organization of Ukraine, (1), 32–39. https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2786.2023.1.13859

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No. 1 (2023)

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