Sociodemographic inequalities in mortality from drowning in the Baltic countries and Finland in 2000–2015: a register-based study by Andrew Stickley, Aleksei Baburin, Domantas Jasilionis, Juris Krumins, Pekka Martikainen, Naoki Kondo, Jae Il Shin, Yosuke Inoue, Mall Leinsalu

“…Results Drowning ASMRs were significantly higher in the Baltic countries than in Finland but declined by nearly 30% in all countries across the study period. …”
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Is East-West Life Expectancy Gap Narrowing in the Enlarged European Union? by Domantas Jasilionis, France Meslé, Jacques Vallin

“…At the same time, health disadvantages persisted and even worsened in the Baltic countries. Later on, joining the EU in 2004 was not accompanied by immediate systematic convergence of life expectancy. …”
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