Life longevity of Siberian regions' population in 1989-1999: Basic trends

Expected life longevity of urban and rural population of Siberia in 1989-1999 are analysed. It is found that within the dynamic series two opposite trajectories of expected life longevity are traced, that is, downward (reduction) in 1989-1994 and upward (growth) in 1995-1999. An important place is given to analysis of spatial and sex-and-age differentiation of life longevity variable as well as to estimation of demographic losses suffered by Siberian regions due to high death rate (super-mortality).