[Epidemiological studies as an instrument for assessment of society welfare and quality of medical service (examplified by of analysis of myocardial infarction morbidity)].

Dynamics of incidence of myocardial infarction among adult (older than 20 years) population of Seversk in 1998-2006 was studied according to WHO program "Myocardial Infarction Register" updated in concordance with criteria of Joint European Society of Cardiology/American College of Cardiology Committee for the Redefinition of Myocardial Infarction (2002). Incidence of myocardial infarction in the studied population had steady tendency to growth with equal contribution of such components as first and recurrent myocardial infarction what was related to progressive aging of population. Hospital myocardial infarction mortality showed steady tendency to decline evidencing for improvement of quality of medical service.