title: [Infectious disease mortality in the USSR].
abstract: In recent decades infectious and parasitic diseases (class 1 according to the International Classification of Diseases-9) constitute 2-3% of causes in the total morbidity structures in the USSR. The main causes of death among diseases of class 1 are tuberculosis (37%), acute enteric infections (30%), septicemia (11%), viral hepatitides (11%), meningococcal infection (4%), measles (2%). The main groups are children aged up to 2 years (48% of fatal cases of diseases belonging to class 1). The territorial irregularity of mortality indices has been revealed.
authors.forename: I L
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Shakhanina
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Ivlieva
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Narkevich
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002423:Cause of Death; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000401:mortality; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014586:USSR; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
vernacular_title: Smertnost' ot infektsionnykh bolezneĭ v SSSR.