rate has increased compared to 2013. Information about the sickness rate is provided in the table below: # Diseases 2014 2013 Difference 1. Cardiovascular diseases 1650 859 791 2. Respiratory system diseases 5037 1536 3501 3. Digestive sytem diseases 2721 1708 1013 4. Urogenital system diseases 6181 1180 5001 5. Nervous system diseases 1726 958 768 6. Mental illnesses 2023 1998 25 7. Endocrinal system diseases 431 182 249 8. Hematological diseases 53 19 34 9. Diseases of sense organs 1316 1349 - 33 10. Infectious diseases 442 168 274 11. Tuberculosis 136 294 -158 12. HIV/AIDS (newly detected) 34 7 27 13. Osteoarticular diseases and diseases of connecting tissues 1121 416 705 14. Skin and venereal diseases 525 285 240 15. Self-injuries and traumas 3086 3051 35 16. Dental diseases 15860 15857 3 17. Accute surgical diseases 377 230 147 18. Oncological diseases 37 40 -3 Total 42,756 Total 30,137 Total 12,619 As regards the number of doctors and nurses envisaged by the staffing tables of penitentiary institutions, according to the information received from the Medical Department of the Ministry of Corrections, the number of family doctors and nurses decreased in 2014 compared to 2013.144 Against the background that the number of prisoners in penitentiary institutions was 9,093 in December 2013 and 10,372 in 144 119 doctors were employed at penitentiary institutions in 2013 and only 103 in 2014. Also, the number of nurses was 169 in 2013 and 136 in 2014. NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM OF GEORGIA 91