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Changes in life expectancy in Russia in the mid-1990s
Author(s)Vladimir Shkolnikov, Martin McKee, David A Leon
Journal titleThe Lancet, vol 357, no 9260, 24 March 2001
Pagespp 917-921
KeywordsLife expectancy tables ; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
AnnotationBetween 1987 and 1994, life expectancy in Russia declined substantially. This trend reversed between 1994 and 1998, with mortality rates returning to those of the early 1980s. The authors have used cause-specific mortality data, to find that changing life expectancy in Russia is a consequence of a complex pattern of trends in different causes of death, some of which have their origins long in the past, and others resulting from contemporary circumstances. This study provides further support for the view that alcohol has played an important part in fluctuations in life expectancy in Russia in the 1990s. There remains a need for a much better understanding of the factors underlying these continuing changes. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-010406212 A
ClassmarkS7: 7AA *

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