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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812211503321

Titolo

Premature death in the new independent states / / Jose Luis Bobadilla, Christine A. Costello, and Faith Mitchell, editors ; Committee on Population, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1997

ISBN

0-309-17493-7

0-309-52450-4

0-585-03946-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

x, 404 p. : ill., maps

Altri autori (Persone)

BobadillaJose Luis

CostelloChristine A

MitchellFaith <1952->

Disciplina

614.42

Soggetti

Mortality - Former Soviet republics

Life expectancy - Former Soviet republics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"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.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Premature Death in the New Independent States: Overview -- 2 Recent Trends in Life Expectancy and Causes of Death in Russia, 1970-1993 -- 3 Spatial, Age, and Cause-of-Death Patterns of Mortality in Russia, 1988-1989 -- 4 Issues of Data Quality in Assessing Mortality Trends and Levels in the New Independent States -- 5 Mortality in the New Independent States: Patterns and Impacts -- 6 Epidemiological Transitions in the Formerly Socialist Economies: Divergent Patterns of Mortality and Causes of Death -- 7 Soviet and Russian Statistics on Alcohol Consumption and Abuse -- 8 The Anti-Alcohol Campaign and Variations in Russian Mortality -- 9 Mortality from Tobacco in the New Independent States -- 10 Cigarette Smoking and Priorities for Tobacco Control in the New



Independent States -- 11 Tobacco Control Policy Strategies: Lessons from Western Developed Countries -- 12 Nutritional Risk Factors in the Former Soviet Union -- 13 Chronic Disease Prevention in the New Independent States: Finnish Experiences -- 14 Diet Modification and Food Policy Strategies: What Works? -- Appendix Workshop Agendas -- Index.