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Abstract
According to predictions of the World Health Organization (WHO), despite the advances in modern therapy and the development of liver transplantation in recent years, the death rate from liver diseases is expected to double in the next 10-20 years. According to this authoritative organization, approximately 200 million patients suffer from chronic liver diseases.
In our country, more than 50,000 people die from cirrhosis of the liver every year, and this is 3 times higher than the death rate.
The purpose of the study: to study the etiological, epidemiological, clinical and diagnostic characteristics of liver cirrhosis among rural residents of Andijan region, to improve the preventive measures of liver cirrhosis. In order to implement the goals and tasks set before us, the prevalence of chronic liver and gastrointestinal system diseases among the rural population of Markhamat district of Andijan region was studied retrospectively based on the data of 2017-2022.