[GENDER AND AGE FEATURES OF THE PREVALENCE OF HYPERTENSION IN THE POPULATION OF A MEDIUM-URBANIZED CITY OF CENTRAL RUSSIA].

THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: to establish gender and age characteristics of the prevalence and risk of developing hypertension (AH) among outpatients living in the city of Tambov, according to electronic medical records (EMR). The information from the EMC of 47,113 people aged 20-99 living in Tambov was used. The prevalence rate (per 100 people) and the relative risk of developing (RR) hypertension in different sex and age groups were calculated. The prevalence of hypertension among people aged 20-99 was 45.7 cases, in women it is higher than in men by 23% (50.1 vs 38.4 cases). With age, there is an increase in the prevalence of hypertension from 1.7% in 20-24 to 86.8% in 70-74 years old people. In the transition from a smaller age group to a larger one, the increase in the prevalence of hypertension among the female cohort averaged 22.5%, among the male cohort - an average of 17.2%. The RR for the development of hypertension among the female cohort aged 20-99 years is 1.2 times higher compared to the male cohort of the same age. At the age of 25-34, the OR for the development of hypertension prevails among the male cohort, at 45-89 years old - among the female cohort. The high level and established differences in the prevalence and risk of developing hypertension determine the need to develop recommendations for hypertension screening among the population, stratification into risk groups, prevention and treatment, focused on different age and gender groups.

[Integrated indicator of the current assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic process in the subjects of the Russian Federation].

Information on the main indicators of the Pandemic COVID-19 is published daily for each subject of the Russian Federation. Of interest is the comparative ranking of regions in terms of new cases, active cases that have recovered from COVID-19, the allocation of homogeneous groups of regions in terms of the distribution of COVID-19. Since several indicators, respectively, the ranking of regions can be several options: the same regions with a high level of morbidity can be characterized by lower mortality from COVID-19 and vice versa, which will shift their position in the overall rating assessment. Such a state complicates the perception of the situation with the COVID-19 pandemic in the spatial-territorial context. In this regard, it makes sense to develop a certain latent integral indicator for assessing the COVID-19 pandemic process, which will allow comparing the subjects of the Russian Federation with each other in order to develop practical recommendations.

[Gender and age features frequencies of COVID-19].

The incidence of COVID-19, both complicated and uncomplicated pneumonia, among men is 40% higher than in women and increases at the age of 35-49 years, with a subsequent decrease in the rate. Pneumonia complicates the course of COVID-19 in older persons, due to the greater burden of comorbidity. Among men, the probability of contracting COVID-19 complicated by pneumonia is 1.4 times higher than among women. At the same time, the average duration of outpatient treatment among women is significantly higher both in the group of patients with COVID-19 with complicated and uncomplicated pneumonia. The data obtained indicate the need to develop additional measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infection among the male population and the middle-aged population, the incidence of the disease among which is the highest.