Medical and Social Expert Evaluation and RehabilitationMedical and Social Expert Evaluation and Rehabilitation1560-95372412-2092Eco-Vector3582210.17816/MSER35822Research ArticlePrior disability caused by digestive diseases among adult population of the Belgorod in the period 2000-2012DmitrievaT. Vtdmitrieva1@mail.ruDmitrievV. N-The Main Bureau of Medical and Social Expertise in the Belgorod Region15092014173404321072020Copyright © 2014, Eco-Vector2014Prior disability caused by digestive diseases has been studied with consideration of age, disability grade and occurrence among adult population of the Belgorod region from 2000 to 2012. In general, despite the growth of the population, and its ageing the level of prior disability caused by digestive diseases decreased. Such cohort mostly includes employable population with disability of 2nd and 3rd grades. A negative trend related to prior disability manifests as increasing ratio ofpersons with disability of the 1st grade. Prior disability becomes more severe with age.Belgorod regionadult populationdigestive diseasesprior disabilityБелгородская областьвзрослое населениеболезни органов пищеваренияпервичная инвалидность[Иванова А.Е. Продолжительность жизни, свободной от инвалидности, в России и за рубежом: проблемы сравнительного анализа. Социологические исследования. 2000; 12: 80-9.][Смычек В.Б. Реабилитация больных и инвалидов. М.: Медицинская литература; 2009.]