Administration of Federal Service for Surveillance for Protection of Consumers Rights and Human Welfare in Sverdlovsk region — Territorial unit in towns Verkhnyaya Pyshma and Sredneuralsk, Russia
Pneumonia remains to be the most prevalent pulmonary disease and leads in drug prescriptions and subsequently in financial burden. According to statistical data, incidence of pneumonia in Russia varies from 3 to 15 per 1000 population, and in Sverdlovsk region in 2002 — 2006 this indicator was 2.2 — 3.6 per 1000 population. Incidence of pneumonia in population of town Verkhnyaya Pyshma for the mentioned period was 1.0 — 4.9 per 1000 population and exceeded mean regional incidence in 2005 and 2006 in 1.4- and 1.1-fold respectively.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2008, No. 2, P. 73—74