PREVALENCE OF CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASES AMO NG WORKERS AND EMPLOYEES OFORGANIZED BODIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CARDIOLOGICAL SCREENING DATA

Altogether 90.2 thousand workers of 33 enterprises of the cities and v illages were examined. Of these, men (mean age 41.1 +/- 1.1 years) acc ounted for 39.2%. Use was made of an automated system for mass cardiol ogical screening and dispensary observation made over time of the work ers and employees of the organized bodies by computer EC, CM and IBM P C XT/AT. Different cardiological diseases were revealed in 38.4% of th e examined. Out of the total number of the patients, 44.5% were diagno sed to have arterial hypertension (AH) whereas 18.6% coronary heart di sease (CHD). CHD was widely prevalent in the working middle-aged and e lderly men and women. Angina prectoris of effort appeared to be most f requently occurring form of CHD, accounting for 70.4% of the total num ber of CHD patients. Myocardial infarction was discovered in 0.9% of m en and 0.3% of women. AH was identified in 40.8% of CHD patients, wher eas 38% demonstrated borderline AH. Therefore, associated CHD and elev ated blood pressure was recorded in 78.8% of the patients. A relations hip was established between the prevalence and incidence of cardiovasc ular diseases and sex and age.