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We analyzed the results of socio-hygienic monitoring \u201cWorking Conditions and Occupational Morbidity\u201d in 2008\u20132018. Despite similar climatic and socio-economic conditions, significant differences exist in the health risks of the working populations of the two regions. In NAO two-thirds of workers were employed at facilities with satisfactory sanitary and epidemiological well-being, while in ChAO only 13% of workers had such conditions. In NAO, almost all occupational diseases (93.2%) were due to exposure to noise among civil aviation workers. In ChAO, health problems mainly occurred among miners (81.5%). The most common of these were noise effects on the inner ear (35.2%), chronic bronchitis (23.1%), and mono- and polyneuropathies (12.5%). In 2008\u20132018, the occupational pathology risk in ChAO was higher than in NAO: RR = 2.79; CI 2.09\u20133.71. 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