COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE HEALTH STATUS OF SCHOOLCHILDREN IN INDUSTRIAL CITIESOF THE REPUBLIC OF BASHKORTOSTAN

Abstract

State of health of 4485 primary school children in the cities Ufa, Salavat and Ishimbai has been comparatively assessed and analyzed on the basis of physical fitness and distribution by health groups. It is established that the lowest values are found both in boys and girls in Ishimbai. But the most unfavorable picture was in the city of Ufa, showing the smallest proportion of children with harmonious development and children with first group of health, and 28,37% of schoolchildren has the third group of health. The first place, both in the structure of morbidity and in the prevalence of diseases among children of primary school age, is occupied by respiratory diseases. Second and third places are held by diseases of the musculoskeletal system, diseases of the endocrine system, eating metabolic disorders, only in the city of Salavat the diseases of the eye came third. It is noted that most children have an increased risk of developing diseases associated with the conditions and way of life of the child.