title: [The trends in changing of major causes of death of population of Novgorodskaya oblast].
abstract: The analysis of the indicators of common causes' mortality in Novgorodskaya oblast during the first decade of XXI century is presented. The differences in the levels of mortality as compared with mortality rates in the Russian Federation and North-West Federal okrug are discussed. Since 2004, the consistent trend of mortality decrease and life span increase has been established. Despite this tendency, the level of mortality is still high. It is underlined that a significant decrease of both total mortality and common causes mortality can be achieved first of all in the result of alterations in human behavior
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death / Q000639:trends*; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy / Q000639:trends*; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D012426:Russia