CINDI Highlights • Number 8 - Health Promotion Agency

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Kyrgyzstan
Professor Tilek
Meimanaliev
National Director
Dr Chinara
Bekbasarova
Deputy Director
This year’s highlights included the
CINDI national health behaviour
survey for adults aged 18 and over.
The random sample comprised a
total of 8,000 people with a
response rate of 96.7% (7,737 total
comprising 3,527 men and 4,210
women) including 5,838 people
(2,663 men and 3,175 women) aged
25-64 years. The database of the survey for respondents aged 25-64
years is being analysed separately.
Health services and health status:
The survey findings showed that:
• 40.5% of the adult population (32.7% men and 47.2% women) had
their blood pressure measured by a doctor during the previous year,
18.7% between one and five years ago, 8.7% more than five years ago;
16% of people had never had blood pressure measured, and 16% of
respondents did not know when their blood pressure was last
measured;
• 37.2% (41.2% rural and 31.7% urban) of respondents listed their
present health status as good, 11.9% as reasonably good, 41.9% as
average, 2.8.% as rather poor and 2.2% as poor;
• 84.6% of the population seek medical attention only when they are very
sick, 8.1% when they feel mild pain; only 2.1% of the population are
regularly checked by doctors and 5% of the respondents did not specify.
Smoking
At present, 62.5% of the adult population aged 18 and older smoke on a daily
basis, 64% of men and 41.4% of women are regular smokers, 10.5% of
people use nasvay chewing tobacco or snuff daily (11% of men and 4.4% of
women), and only 14.9% are non-smokers (13.2% men and 38.2% women);
69% of those interviewed feel that direct or indirect advertising of tobacco
and tobacco products should be banned in Kyrgyzstan. Only 7% of
respondents said it should not be banned and 24% were undecided; 72%
believe that the government should sign the Tobacco Control Convention
Framework in May 2003 and only 3% do not want it to be signed.
Nutrition
According to the national survey, 85% of the population have breakfast every
morning, 57% (32% of men and 78% of women) cook food at home every
day, with 10% cooking two to three times a week; 3% cook once a week,
5.6% two to three times a month, 9.1% a few times a year and 11% never
cook at home. Most of the population (81%) use vegetable oil for cooking
food, only 0.5% use margarine, 7.6% mixed fat and 1.1% animal fat, while
0.1% of the population do not use fat at all for cooking.
Alcohol
During the past year, 54% (66.3% of men and 43.6% of women) consumed
alcoholic drinks; 0.3% (0.6% men and 0.1% women) drink strong spirits on a
daily basis, 2.6% (4.7% men and 0.8% women) drink two to three times a
week, 4.4% (7.8% men and 1.6% women) drink once a week, 13.7% (20.3%
men and 8.2% women) drink two to three times a month, and 30.8% (31.8%
men and 29.9% women) drink a few times a year; 47.4% (33.8% men and
58.8% women) do not drink strong spirits.
Further information
The CINDI Programme in Kyrgyzstan is managed by the Ministry of Health. For
more information, please contact the National Director, Professor Tilek
Meimanaliev, or Dr Chinara Bekbasarova, Deputy Director, Ministry of Health
of Kyrgyz Republic, Moscowskaya, Str. 148, 720405 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Tel: +996 312 22 86 97; Fax: +996 312 66 04 93; E-mail: cindi@elcat.kg
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`1. 'Quit & Win' winners and volunteers with Dr Ludmila
Shteinke, Deputy Minister of Health, Mrs Cajira Karataeva,
medical workers Trade Union representative and Dr Chinara
Bekbasarova