Mortality in the Caucasus

Géraldine Duthé (), Irina Badurashvili, France Meslé (), Jacques Vallin and Karine Kuyumjyan
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Irina Badurashvili: Georgian Centre of Population Research (GCPR)
Jacques Vallin: Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)
Karine Kuyumjyan: National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia

Demographic Research, 2010, vol. 22, issue 23, 691-732

Abstract: With the collapse of the Soviet Union, Caucasian countries experienced remarkable migration flows, political conflicts, and deterioration of civil registration systems. The reassessment of Armenian and Georgian population after censuses carried out in the early 2000s enables to re-estimate recent mortality levels in both countries. Vital statistics since the 1980s are presented and discussed. Infant mortality is corrected according to sample surveys, and mortality above age 60 estimated through model life tables. On the basis of these estimates, trends in life expectancy were similar in the two countries, unfavourable during the 1990s, especially for males for whom the health progress, notably in Georgia, is still low.

Keywords: mortality; estimation; life expectancy; Armenia; Georgia; reliability; administrative data; survey data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2010.22.23

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