How Does Living in a Big City Increase Life Expectancy?
Inhabitants of Moscow and St Petersburg live significantly longer than people living in other regions of Russia, according to a recent study carried out by researchers at the Higher School of Economics
How Alcohol Affects Life Expectancy
Alcohol abuse contributes significantly to premature mortality in Russia.
"Demoscope Weekly" ## 721-722
Current topic: How mortality decreased in Finland
In the issue: An assessment of their health by men and women in Russia, Estonia, Lithuania and Finland. Death from senility: the result of demographic policy or a tool for government bodies to simulate activity? “INVISIBLE PEOPLE”: the non-permanent population of remote rural areas of Eastern Finland.
"Demoscope Weekly" ## 707-708
Current topic: The abortion ban: refresh your memory.
In the issue: A sociological portrait of infanticide in the United States at the turn of the 21st century: victims and perpetrators. Studying the opinions of women’s views on the causes of abortion. Socio-economic factors of children’s health in Russia. Russians’ spending on drugs: what has changed during the crisis?
"Demoscope Weekly" ## 691-692
Current topic: What working-age Russians get ill with and die of.
In the issue: Cardiovascular disease in the context of the socio-economic priorities of Russia’s long-term development. The epidemiology of stroke in Russia according to the results of the territorial and population register (2009-2010). The ultimate effect of Russia’s demographic policies in the 1980s.
"Demoscope Weekly" ## 685-686
Current topic: Mortality and life expectancy in Russia: What’s new? Part two.
In the issue:The information potential of the statistics of multiple causes of death. The irreversible loss of Russia’s population as a result of drug use in 2000-2011. The consumption of alcohol on the eve of death and mortality from injuries, poisonings and other consequences of the effect of external causes.
"Demoscope Weekly" ## 683-684
Current topic: Mortality and life expectancy in Russia: What’s new? Part one.
In the issue: Operational statistical information about the population: possibilities and limitations. Life expectancy in Russia and factors affecting it. Factors of mortality from external causes and ways to reduce it: interviews with experts.