Authors
Danishevskiy K.
MD, Higher School of Economics, professor
Abstract
While demographic situation in Russia is improving the changes seen are minimal and most can be explained by longer term cohort effects and serendipities. Male life expectancy is still dragging 12 years behind female, almost 20 years behind western world and 5-10 years behind the Central Asian former USSR republics. National priority programs aimed at improving healthcare system so far had little effect on this grim picture. Measures to control tobacco and alcohol are key in improving working age population health.
Key words
Demographic situation, lifespan, working age, mortality, tobacco control, alcohol control
