Comparative Assessment of Mortality Rate of the Population in Russian and Foreign Megacities

T. L. Kharkova, E. A. Kvasha and B. A. Revich ()
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T. L. Kharkova: National Research University Higher School of Economics
E. A. Kvasha: National Research University Higher School of Economics
B. A. Revich: Russian Academy of Sciences

Studies on Russian Economic Development, 2018, vol. 29, issue 6, 690-697

Abstract: Abstract The article presents the results of a comparative analysis of mortality trends in two Russian capitals and two cities with population over one million, Krasnoyarsk and Rostov-on-Don, in comparison with foreign megacities (Berlin, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Singapore, Tokyo). From 1990 to 2015, in the Russian “model cities” the standardized mortality rates (SMR) for all causes on average decreased by almost a third: most in Moscow (44% for men and 42% for women) and less for Krasnoyarsk (22% for both men and women). An assessment of the statistical reliability of the decrease in SMR on the basis of long time series showed the absence of a positive dynamic of mortality from diseases of the digestive organs, mainly cirrhosis, which confirms the presence of the alcoholic component. Despite the sufficiently steady decline in mortality in the early 2000s, its level in Russian cities continues to significantly exceed the mortality rate in foreign megacities.

Date: 2018
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