title: Health crisis in Russia. I. Recent trends in life expectancy and causes of death from 1970 to 1993.
abstract: The authors analyze trends in life expectancy and causes of death in Russia from 1970 to 1993, with a focus on reasons for the recent declines in life expectancy. "Before discussing the trends themselves, we shall...look at the possible distortions that changes in data quality may have produced. However, even if it has been exaggerated to some degree, nobody contests the reality of the Soviet health crisis, and we shall attempt to derive some explanation by analysing the age and cause-of-death structures of mortality in Russia."
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shkolnikov
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mesle
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vallin
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D005060:Europe; D005061:Europe, Eastern; D006262:Health; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008136:Longevity; D009026:Mortality; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design; D012426:Russia; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Age Specific Death Rate; Causes Of Death; Data Analysis; Data Quality; Death Rate; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Eastern Europe; Europe; Health; Length Of Life; Life Expectancy; Mortality; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Russia