title: Health lifestyles in central Asia: the case of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
abstract: There is a growing body of evidence suggesting that negative health lifestyles are the principal social determinants of the mortality crisis in the former socialist states. Little is known, however, about health lifestyles in Central Asia, where the downturn in life expectancy was also experienced. This paper examines health lifestyles in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in order to fill an important gap in the literature. The data show, consistent with the improved longevity of the Kyrgyz population, that such lifestyles are more positive in Kyrgyzstan despite the somewhat better economic situation in Kazakhstan, where the mortality crisis continues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 237 Ullman Building, 1212 University Boulevard, Birmingham, AL 35226, USA. wcocker@uab.edu
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Cockerham
authors.forename: Brian P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Hinote
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Abbott
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Haerpfer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D015444:Exercise; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007623:Kazakhstan / Q000453:epidemiology; D007707:Kyrgyzstan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008019:Life Style; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology