Premature death in the New Independent States / José Luis Bobadilla, Christine A. Costello, and Faith Mitchell, editors ; Committee on Population, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council.

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Workshop on Mortality and Disability in the New Independent States (1994 : Washington, D.C.) [author.]

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TextPublisher: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1997Description: 1 online resource (1 PDF file (x, 404 pages)) : illustrations, portraitContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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0585039461
9780585039466
0309524504
9780309524506
0309174937
9780309174930

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Premature death in the new independent states.DDC classification:

304.64

LOC classification:

HB1437 .P73 1997eb

NLM classification:

2016 E-092
WA 900 GA3

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Contents:

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."

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"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 in September and November 1994, respectively"--Preface

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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."

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