Health expectancy in the Russian Federation: a new perspective on the health divide in Europe

Health expectancy in the Russian Federation: a new perspective on the health divide in Europe

OBJECTIVES: To compare life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in the Russian Federation and in countries of Eastern and Western Europe. METHODS: WHO mortality data and data on self-reported health from the World Values Survey and the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey were used to compare t...

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Main Authors: Andreev Evgueni M., McKee Martin, Shkolnikov Vladimir M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2003-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Subjects:
Life expectancy
Health status
Health status indicators
Mortality
Probability
Sex factors
Age factors
Comparative study
Russian Federation
Europe, Eastern
Europe
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862003001100003

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