[Monitoring of incidence of perforative ulcers in Belarus].

The rate of perforative gastroduodenal ulcers in Belarus over 1960 - 2001 was analyzed. Before 1990-ties insignificant tendency to increase was seen. There was no reaction to Chernobyl accident in 1986. In the first half of 1990 ies a significant (almost 2 times) increase of perforative ulcers rate was seen. These changes coincided with break-up of USSR and decrease of material level of life. Social and economic factors dominated in risk of ulcer disease complications, perforation, in particular. It is necessary to increase the role of dispensarization and elective surgery in patients with a severe course of ulcer disease.