Gerontological and Geriatric Aspects of Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases: Current Problems from the Data of Epidemiological Situations in the World

Abstract

The article provides an overview of new research in the field of gerontology and geriatrics. It is indicated that the epidemiology and prevention of chronic non-infectious diseases (NIDs) remains insufficiently studied in the population of the adult age group, namely in the elderly and the late elderly. The elderly and the late elderly living in the arid regions of Uzbekistan have practically no such studies. It has been confirmed that, in the elderly and the late elderly population, the leading causes of “killers” are CHNIHs and their risk factors, and not external causes, and their place is steadily growing. These losses can be reduced with a reserve of preventive medicine.