Kantemirova R K
Adv Gerontol. 2013;26(4):749-55.
The article demonstrate data on the primary and re-disability in the elderly, due to coronary artery disease and the results of expert assessment of citizens in the Bureau of Medical and Social Expertise of St. Petersburg from 2006 to 2012. The features of the level, structure, dynamics and distribution by disability groups in the retirement age are presented in comparison with the group of disabled people of the able-bodied age. During 7 year period of observation the consistent decline in the number of disabled people in both age groups was revealed. The increase in the number of the first and the third group disabled persons and the decrease in the number of people with second group of disability was found. The dynamics of disability in the retirement age group was greater than in the group of able-bodied age.