COMPARATIVE HYGIENIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STATE OF HEALTH OF SCHOOLCHILDREN IN DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC

The article presents the results of scientific research on the study of physical development, as the main indicator of the state of health, 8670 urban children and adolescents of school age (7-17 years old), living in high-mountainous regions- 5694 (Naryn city-altitude over 2500 m above sea level) and 2976 schoolchildren in the lowlands (Bishkek city -altitude less than 1500 m above sea level). Anthropometric indicators (by gender and age) of body length and weight, as well as the structure of general morbidity of schoolchildren’s of this regions were studied. Arithmetic mean indicators of length and body weight of schoolchildren in Bishkek are significantly higher in all age groups in comparison with schoolchildren in Naryn. The studied data of anthropometric indicators were used in the development of the Standards for the physical development of schoolchildren (7-17 years old) in the high- mountain region of the Kyrgyz Republic. Diseases of the respiratory organs (30.6%) and digestive organs (28.8%) occupy the leading place in the structure of morbidity in schoolchildren of low mountains, and diseases of the eyes and its appendages (24%) and respiratory organs (14%) in children of high mountains.