The paper addresses the factors that affect the reduction of rural mortality from external causes in the regions of RF … models of the factors and determinants of the existing interregional differences in the pattern of rural mortality from … presents the results of the study of the dynamics and pattern of external causes of rural mortality with the use of Rosstat …

, on the elderly mortality in Russia. According to our study, crises have led to an increase in mortality with … for the rise in mortality. While increases at a higher rate compared to overall mortality, alcohol-related mortality … explains a relatively small part of total mortality rise. …

Life expectancy in the United States fares poorly in international comparisons, primarily because of high mortality … blood pressure or cholesterol. We consider in greater depth mortality from prostate cancer and breast cancer, diseases for … dominant role. We show that the US has had significantly faster declines in mortality from these two diseases than comparison …

We project the effects of declining smoking and increasing obesity on mortality in the United States over the period … indices are projected using transition matrices applied to the initial distribution in 2010. In addition to projections of … cancer. We find that both changes in smoking and in obesity are expected to have large effects on mortality. For males, the …

Male life expectancy at birth fell by over six years in Russia between 1989 and 1994. Many other countries of the … survey data, we assess six possible explanations for this upsurge in mortality. Most find little support in the data: the … mortality rates. The two factors that do appear to be important are alcohol consumption, especially as it relates to external …