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Comparative analysis of the data for the years 2002-2015. It revealed that the levels of both total and new-onset morbidity of the population of St. Peters- burg asthma can be assessed as low by global criteria. Dynamics of the incidence of bronchial asthma during the study period was characterized by a wave-like character, and some decrease in incidence rates in the years 2008-2014, which, however, as shown by the data of2015, does not diminish the relevance of asthma problems in the city, despite the fact that in recent years has significantly increased the level of knowledge of asthma pathology zdravoohraniyaniya primary care physicians and the quality of its diagnosis in hospitals of the city. The study results indicate a relatively higher incidence rates of asthma in St. Petersburg, as the excess of the national average, the level of Moscow, and the level of the majority of the subjects of the North-West Federal District. The relatively higher incidence of asthma of the adult population of St. Petersburg is caused by the presence in the city generally recognized factors contributing to the development of this disease, which include factors associated with the ecology of the city, pollution of the environment, air and climatogeographic features of the city as well as the improvement of the diagnosisof asthma for by improving the quality of postgraduate education of physicians profile pulmonology.