Economic development and epidemiological transition in the Kyrgyz Republic, neighboring countries and Russia

Djoldosheva Dinara Sabatbekovna

Purpose: The purpose is to study the impact of economic development on epidemiological transition in the Kyrgyz Republic, neighboring countries and the Russian Federation by evaluation of age-standardized mortality rates from non-communicable (cardiovascular diseases, cancer) and communicable (tuberculosis and others) diseases. Methods: the methodology of the research is based on the use of the database of the World Bank, Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, World Health Organization, World Data Atlas and World Health Rankings. Results: The study reveals a high level of age-standardized mortality rates from non-communicable (cardiovascular diseases, cancer) and communicable (tuberculosis and others) diseases in the Kyrgyz Republic, neighboring countries and in the Russia independently of economic development (GDP per capita in USD). It is shown a different dynamic of economic growth, low level of total and public health expenditure, and health expenditure of general state budget in the analyzed countries. It is justified the necessity of a significant increase of public health expenditure for the declining of mortality rate from non-communicable and communicable diseases and elevating of average life expectancy. Conclusions: High level of age-standardized mortality rates from non-communicable and communicable diseases is the evidence of incompleteness of the second phase of epidemiological transition in the Kyrgyz Republic, neighboring countries and in Russia. Low level of the population’s health in analyzed countries requires an improvement of state policy on prevention and healthy life style and appropriate financial and human resources.

Keywords:the Kyrgyz Republic, neighboring countries, Russia, economic development, epidemiological transition, mortality, non-communicable and communicable diseases