Regional features of primary disablement age structure of the adult population of the Nizhniy Novgorod Region

Regional features of the primary disablement age structure of the adult population of Nizhniy Novgorod Region for 10 years (2001-2010) were analyzed. Features of the primary disablement age structure to a certain extent are substantiated by the demographic situation developed in the Region, by regional peculiarities of morbidity and death-rate dynamics. The weight of persons at the age of retirement in the structure of primary disablement in Nizhniy Novgorod Region is one of the highest in the country, and that of young people is one of the lowest. The obtained data made an important information base that should be used taking into account the demographic structure of the population in organization of medical and medico-social assistance in the Region.