The analysis of the disease incidence and labor losses in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus from 2017 to 2020

Abstract

The issue of studying the level of morbidity and labor losses in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus has always been thorny. It is connected with the implementation of measures aimed at early and proper diagnosis, limited choice of effective means of specific prophylaxis and treatment. This issue is particularly pressing now, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The layering of COVID-19 on the seasonal rise of respiratory diseases leads to an increase in the number of hospitalizations (conscripts are subject to inpatient treatment according to epidemic indications for any degree of the disease severity). For hospitalization, they have to use the capacities of state healthcare institutions, which face the same problem. Considering the interest of the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus in studying this problem, we have analyzed the medical reports of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus on Form 3/MED during 2017-2020 using statistical methods of SSPP 22 statistics package. The emphasis was placed on I, X, XXI classes according to the International Classification of Diseases, Injuries and Causes of Death of the 10th revision (ICD-10). As a result of the statistical data analysis, the growth of morbidity and labor losses of the servicemen in the Belarusian Armed Forces in 2020 was clearly demonstrated, which explained by the impact of COVID-19. COVID-19 could be established in the structure of morbidity of servicemen for 2020 in 10292 (15.41%) cases and 76502 days (22.60%) in the structure of labor losses. This calls for revising documents concerning the activities of military medical institutions and units under the conditions of pandemics.

Keywords

• covid-19
• morbidity
• labor losses
• servicemen