Vitamin D deficiency is an indicator of high mortality

Abstract

Studies in recent years indicate that vitamin D deficiency has a great impact on the overall health and life expectancy of a person, and vitamin D preparations can be successfully used to prevent and treat a wide range of diseases in adults and children. At the same time, in the Russian Federation, the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and deficiency reaches 84 %. In this regard, statistical studies of the mortality of the population of Europe (including Russia), the USA and Canada, depending on the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, have been conducted. The results showed that the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in the population of these countries is associated with statistically significant directly proportional relationships (p = 0.002‑0.03) with total mortality from non-communicable diseases, mortality from coronary heart disease, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes and COVID-19. In this regard, it seems absolutely necessary to radically change the attitude of the population, authorities, medical workers and the public to the problem of D-vitamin deficiency of the population of the Russian Federation. It is necessary to prepare and implement federal and regional programs for the D-vitaminization of the population of the Russian Federation, including a large-scale information campaign on the benefits of vitamin D, monitoring the level of vitamin D in the most vulnerable categories of the population and their treatment with vitamin D supplements, which will improve the health status and reduce premature mortality of the population of the Russian Federation.