ISBN:
0585039461
,
9780585039466
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (x, 404 p.)
,
ill., maps.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Premature death in the new independent states
DDC:
304.64
Keywords:
Mortality Congresses
;
Former Soviet republics
;
Life expectancy Congresses
;
Former Soviet republics
;
Mortality Congresses
;
Life expectancy Congresses
;
Mortality
;
Life Expectancy
;
Baltic States
;
Russia
;
Ukraine
;
Soviet Union
;
Former Soviet republics
;
Mortality, Premature
;
Cause of Death
;
Expectativa de vida Comunidad de Estados Independientes
;
Doodsoorzaken
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Demography
;
Conference papers and proceedings
;
Electronic books
;
Conference papers and proceedings
;
Gezondheid
;
Sterfte
;
Life expectancy
;
Mortality
;
Asia, Central
;
Asia, Northern
;
Europe, Eastern
;
Soviet Union ; Former Soviet republics
;
GOS
;
Electronic book
;
Congress
;
Statistics
;
Electronic books Conference proceedings
;
Konferenzschrift
Abstract:
1. Premature Death in the New Independent States: Overview / Jose Luis Bobadilla and Christine A. Costello -- 2. Recent Trends in Life Expectancy and Causes of Death in Russia, 1970-1993 / Vladimir M. Shkolnikov, France Mesle and Jacques Vallin -- 3. Spatial, Age, and Cause-of-Death Patterns of Mortality in Russia, 1988-1989 / Sergei A. Vassin and Christine A. Costello -- 4. Issues of Data Quality in Assessing Mortality Trends and Levels in the New Independent States / Barbara A. Anderson and Brian D. Silver -- 5. Mortality in the New Independent States: Patterns and Impacts / W. Ward Kingkade and Eduardo E. Arriaga -- 6. Epidemiological Transitions in the Former Socialist Economies: Divergent Patterns of Mortality and Causes of Death / Christopher J.L. Murray and Jose Luis Bobadilla -- 7. Soviet and Russian Statistics on Alcohol Consumption and Abuse / Vladimir G. Treml.
Abstract:
This volume includes an overview and revised versions of 13 of the papers that were presented; the workshop agendas are presented as appendices. The volume is organized in two parts. The first deals with the magnitude, trends, and causes of premature death, while the second addresses the proximate determinants of the diseases and injuries that cause the greatest number of premature deaths and measures for their reduction."
Note:
"The Workshop on Mortality and Disability in the New Independent States and the Workshop on Adult Health Priorities and Policies in the New Independent States were held September and November 1994, respectively ... volume includes an overview and revised versions of 13 of the papers"--P. vii. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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