MEDICal-DEMOGRAPHIC SITUATION MONITORING IN THE KASHAGAN OIL FIELDREGION
The article gives an assessmentfor the demographic and health situation in the region of placement and the development of the Kashagan oil field. In Geological rural district the medico-demographic situation was characterized by a trend of population increasing per 2.2 times, while the growth rate was above the city (Atyrau), regional and national levels. Natural increase was due to the birth rateincreasing. The infant mortality rate declined significantly and was lower than in the Makat district, Atyrau region and the Republic. In Makat district, the population over the study period grew by 8.9%. At the same time, natural population growth in the area, although itused to be higher than the national and regional level throughoutthe years, had a tendency forslow decrease due to the decrease in the birth rate, migration and the lower specific weight of women of childbearing age than in the region and the country. The infant mortality rate in the district had a downward trend.