COLON POLYPS: DISTRIBUTION OF PATIENTS BY AGE, GENDER AND PLACE OF RESIDENCE (BELARUS, GRODNO REGION, 2025)

Abstract

Colon polyps are an obligate precancerous disease. Fundamental understanding of the etiology and pathogenesis of rectal polyps is a prerequisite for successful prevention, diagnosis and treatment of both benign and malignant tumors of the colon, and therefore is an urgent problem of modern coloproctology. We researched the distribution of patients with the diagnosis of colon polyp (D12) residing in the Grodno region by age, gender and place of residence in 2025. It was found that in the mature and elderly age groups the proportion of male patients was significantly greater (about 60%, p˂0.05), while in the senile age group female patients (68.2%, p˂0.05) predominated. The proportion of urban residents significantly predominated in most age groups (about 63%, p˂0.05); the maximum number of patients (42.6%, p˂0.05) belonged to the age group of 50-65 years; there were more male patients among urban residents (p˂0.05).