Dynamics of the Age and Sex Structure of Mortality of the Middle Volga Population in 1985-2010

Abstract

Based on archival and published data, the article analyses the features of the dynamics and structure of mortality of the population of the Middle Volga region in the 1980s–2000s. It was revealed that an increase in quantitative indicators of mortality in this period is associated with a change in the age structure of the population towards ageing, while the growth in the number of deaths in the region exceeded the all-Russian dynamics. The reduction of infant and child mortality in the region was accompanied by an intensive increase in the number of deaths of young and middle-aged people, an increase in male excess mortality and a decrease in average life expectancy.