[A comprehensive research on disability caused by musculoskeletal system and connective tissue deseases among persons of working age and above in Russian Federation.]
As a result of conducted research on the indicators and the structure of disability caused by musculoskeletal system and connective tissue deseases, the following was found: the number of disabled people reduced by 52,9% from 2007 to 2016; the level of disability descended more than two times; in the structure of primary disability there is a prevalence of working-aged persons (52,8%), whereas their number reduced by 45% within 10 years. Persons above the working age accounted for 47,2% of the disability structure and their number fell by 60,6% within the analysed period. The highest level of disability was detected among persons above the working age, however, within last ten years it decreased more than three times. In the cohort of people disabled due to deseases mentioned above, persons with 3rd group of disability prevailed (72,7%) with the highest level of disability shown as 4,9 persons out of 10 000 the corresponding population.