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. 2019 Jan 28;31(10):695–707. doi: 10.1089/vim.2018.0054

Table 3.

Mortality Rate for Vaccine-Preventable and Nonvaccine-Preventable Infections in Ukraine in 1965, 1991, and 2015

Nosological form Years Number Mortality rate per 100,000
All ages 0–14 15 & ↑ All ages 0–14 15 & ↑
The number of deaths from all causes 1965 344,743 24,998 319,745 764.41 210.28 962.76
1991 671,919 17,305 654,614 1,301.57 156.90 1612.59
2015 594,796 4,853 589,943 1,396.53 74.73 1634.35
1965/2015 0.6 5.2 0.5 0.5 2.8 0.6
Including all infectious and parasitic diseases and pneumonia, flu, and Acute Upper Respiratory Infections 1965 25,745 9,858 15,887 57.09 82.92 47.84
1991 10,256 2,065 8,191 19.87 18.72 20.18
2015 14,919 354 14,565 35.03 5.45 40.35
1965/2015 1.7 27.8 1.1 1.6 15.2 1.2
All nonvaccine-preventable infections 1965 24,966 9,500 15,466 55.36 79.91 46.57
1991 9,998 2,013 7,985 19.37 18.25 19.67
2015 14,641 351 14,290 34.38 5.40 39.59
1965/2015 1.7 27.1 1.1 1.6 14.8 1.2
Vaccine-preventable infections (tuberculosis, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, poliomyelitis, and hepatitis B) 1965 12,985 531 12,454 28.79 4.47 3.74
1991 4,782 68 4,714 9.26 0.62 11.61
2015 5,082 17 5,065 11.93 0.26 14.03
1965/2015 2.6 31.2 2.5 2.4 17.2 0.3
Vaccine-preventable infections without tuberculosis (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, poliomyelitis, and hepatitis B) 1965 779 358 421 1.73 3.01 0.13
1991 258 52 206 0.50 0.47 0.51
2015 278 3 275 0.65 0.05 0.76
1965/2015 2.8 119.3 1.5 2.6 65.2 0.2
Potentially vaccine-preventable infections (pneumonia, influenza, Acute Upper Respiratory Infections, and meningococcal infection) 1965 10,266 7,938 2,328 22.76 66.77 7.01
1991 4,367 1,485 2,882 8.46 13.46 7.10
2015 5,079 213 4,866 11.93 3.28 13.48
1965/2015 2.0 37.3 0.5 1.9 20.4 0.5
Population of Ukraine 1965 45,099,368 11,888,148 33,211,220      
1991 51,623,547 11,029,533 40,594,014
2015 42,590,879 64,942,93 36,096,586