Surgil ESIA Report - Volume III - EKN

“O’ZLITINEFTGAZ” PC
PFS “Surgil field complex costruction with valuable
components retrieval”
1.4 SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Natural gas has primary value in economy as chemical raw materials and as one of
effective kinds of fuel, most ecologically pure, high-quality and economic in comparison
with coal and black oil.
Use of natural gas in the national economy gives the large economic effect.
Conversion to gas fuel considerably reduces pollutant emissions in environment, improving
a sanitary condition of settlements. The main increase of gas consumption in the republic is
necessary to the population.
Objects of planned construction cover territory of Muynak and Kungrad regions,
which as all other regions of Kara-Kalpak are related to ecologically unsuccessful. Salinity
and dustiness leads to development of some heavy diseases. Also, one of the main reasons
of it is unsatisfactory provision of the population with good-quality potable water,
insufficient sewerage and low level of sanitary purification of the occupied places.
The spent medical inspections show growth of disease of alimentary organs, blood
and blood-forming organs, cardiovascular and organs of respiratory tracts.
There is observed high level of diseased in Kungrad region.
Morbidity rate
Kungrad
Muynak
Morbidity for 100 thousand persons 34912.3 30419.6
Disability for 100 thousand persons 2.2 1.9
Kungrad and Muynak regions bordered on Aral Sea are characterized by the lowest
population density, weak level of industry and agriculture development.
According to actual data of 2004 year the resident population size of the Republic of
Karakalpakstan has made 1564.8 thousand persons, including 113 thousand persons in
Kungrad region, 28.6 thousand persons in Muynak. The percent of rural population through
the regions makes 36.5% and 53.7% respectively. Native population has leading position in
ethnic structure.
There is observed high degree of natality in both considered regions, basically,
thanks to high level of birth rate.
Kungrad region is the happiest region according to rates of population increase.
Though, higher rates of mortality among the population in comparison with average data
through the republic are attract attention.
Table 6 - Natality demographics
Name of parameter Kungrad Muynak
Mortality for 1000 persons 5.7 6.0
Birth rate for 1000 persons 24.5 21.8
Natural increase for 1000 persons 18.8 15.8
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