Problems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of MedicineProblems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of Medicine0869-866X2412-2106Joint-Stock Company Chicot59110.32687/0869-866X-2021-29-s1-613-618Научная статьяGender and age features frequencies of COVID-19OsmanovE. M.osmanov@bk.ruManyakovR. R.-TuktamyshevaL. M.-YusupovR. V.-DemenkovaV. V.-The I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical UniversityMedical and Sanitary Unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Tambov regionOrenburg State UniversityCity Polyclinic No. 74Voronezh State Clinical Polyclinic No. 11506202129S161361805082021Copyright © 2021,2021The incidence of COVID-19, both complicated and uncomplicated pneumonia, among men is 40% higher than in women and increases at the age of 35-49 years, with a subsequent decrease in the rate. Pneumonia complicates the course of COVID-19 in older persons, due to the greater burden of comorbidity. Among men, the probability of contracting COVID-19 complicated by pneumonia is 1.4 times higher than among women. At the same time, the average duration of outpatient treatment among women is significantly higher both in the group of patients with COVID-19 with complicated and uncomplicated pneumonia. The data obtained indicate the need to develop additional measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 infection among the male population and the middle-aged population, the incidence of the disease among which is the highest.COVID-19COVID-19coronavirus infectionpneumoniapandemicdisease burdengender and ageкоронавирусная инфекцияпневмонияпандемиябремя болезнигендерно-возрастные особенности[Espitia-Almeida F., Pereira-Lentino R., Quintero-Soto J., Gómez-Camargo D. COVID-19 in Cartagena and the Bolívar Department, Colombia. Current status, perspectives and challenges until the arrival of the vaccine // Heliyon. 2021. Vol. 7, N 2. P. e06336. DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06336][Gebhard C., Regitz-Zagrosek V., Neuhauser H. K. et al. Impact of sex and gender on COVID-19 outcomes in Europe // Biol. Sex Differ. 2020. Vol. 11. P. 29. DOI: 10.1186/s13293-020-00304-9][Griffith D. M., Sharma G., Holliday C. S. et al. Men and COVID-19: A biopsychosocial approach to understanding sex differences in mortality and recommendations for practice and policy interventions // Prev. Chronic Dis. 2020. Vol. 17. P. E63. DOI: 10.5888/pcd17.200247][Jin P., Park H., Jung S., Kim J. Challenges in urology during the COVID-19 Pandemic // Urol. Int. 2021. Vol. 105, N 1-2. P. 3-16. DOI: 10.1159/000512880][Klein S. L., Marriott I., Fish E. N. Sex-based differences in immune function and responses to vaccination // Trans. R Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 2015. Vol. 109, N 1. P. 9-15. DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/tru167][Leso V., Fontana L., Iavicoli I. Susceptibility to Coronavirus (COVID-19) in occupational settings: the complex interplay between individual and workplace factors // Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health. 2021. Vol. 18, N 3. P. 1030. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18031030][Lipsky M. S., Hung M. Men and COVID-19: a pathophysiologic review // Am. J. Men’s Health. 2020. Vol. 14, N 5. P. 1557988320954021. DOI: 10.1177/1557988320954021][Park S. C., Won S. Y., Kim N. H. et al. Risk factors for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections: a nationwide population-based study // Ann. Transl. Med. 2021. Vol. 9, N 3. P. 211. DOI: 10.21037/atm-20-5958][Raimondi F., Novelli L., Ghirardi A. et al. COVID-19 and gender: lower rate but same mortality of severe disease in women - an observational study // BMC Pulm. Med. 2021. Vol. 21, N 1. P. 96. DOI: 10.1186/s12890-021-01455-0][Wenham C., Smith J., Morgan R.; Gender and COVID-19 Working Group. COVID-19: the gendered impacts of the outbreak // Lancet. 2020. Vol. 395, N 10227. P. 846-848. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30526-2]