Open AccessCancer mortality in Russia and Ukraine: validity, competing risks and cohort effects
Author(s) -
Vladimir M. Shkolnikov
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/28.1.19
Subject(s) - medicine , demography , cohort , epidemiology , disease , cancer , cohort study , mortality rate , cause of death , health care , gerontology , cohort effect , environmental health , pathology , surgery , sociology , economics , economic growth
The dramatic increase in mortality in Russia and Ukraine in the late 1980s and 1990s has been due to increases in certain causes of death, particularly cardiovascular disease and accidents and violence. In contrast, there has been a slight fall in mortality from cancer.
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