[THE MORBIDITY OF POPULATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: GEOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS].

The article considers the results of analysis of characteristics of morbidity of population residing in various geographic conditions of the Russian Federation. The comparison was applied to morbidity of residents of subjects of the Russian Federation residing approximately at the levels of 50 and 60 of northern longitude according data of 2008-2013. The average annual size of population of the Northern territories amounted to 8,994,112 and in the southern territories 32,600,569. The maximal differences are noted in relation to diseases of respiratory organs and congenital abnormalities of blood circulation system. Actually, indicators of morbidity of diseases of cardiovascular system and ischemic heart diseases had no differences. The rest of analyzed indicators differed on 10-40% towards higher values in the Northern regions. The exception included cerebrovascular diseases with morbidity higher in southern territories up to 11% than in northern territories.