Expectancy of life at birth in 36 nationalities of the Soviet Union

1958-60

Bibliographic Data

ID4269566
AuthorsD Peter Mazur (corresponding author)
Year1969
Volume23
Issue2
Pages225-246
Publication date1969-07-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePopulation Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00324728.1969.10405279
PMID22077607
OpenAlexW1983782481
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited12

In the 36 nationalities of the Soviet Union the estimated expectancy of life at birth ranged from 50·0 years for Chechens to 71·1 years for Latvians with a median of about 67·5 years for Russians. In essence, the life table function e(0) was generated from the child-woman ratios with the use of intricate equations based on empirical data obtained from official Soviet publications. A modified version of Bourgeois-Pichat's model was used to estimate life expectancies at birth among the 36 nationalities on the basis of their crude death rates and the percentage of population aged 65 years and over. The 1959 U.S.S.R. Census of Population provided information pertaining to the older age groups. The crude death rates were estimated separately with the aid of second-degree polynomials fitted to the crude demographic measures for 109 administrative areas of the Soviet Union for 1960. Information about recent improvements in public health, as well as conjectural evaluations of economic advancement in recent years were examined and related to the past and present level of mortality among the Russian people and the remaining population of minorities

Birth rate · Census · Demographic analysis · Fertility · Geography · Life expectancy · Political science · Population · Sociology · Soviet union · Demography · Global Health Care Issues · Health and Conflict Studies · Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management · Law

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