Population Matters Policy Brief: Dire Demographic Trends Cast a Shadow on Russia's Future

Abstract

Recent demographic trends in Russia have caused widespread public concern. For example, in his State of the Nation Address to the Duma in July 2000, President Vladimir Putin said, "Year by year, we, the citizens of Russia, are getting fewer and fewer. ... We face the threat of becoming a senile nation." Russia has experienced unusually high death rates from nonnatural causes, many related to alcoholism and an increase in mortality that is unprecedented for an industrialized nation at peace. At the same time, the fertility rate has declined to among the world's lowest, while a high rate of abortion poses significant health problems. Deaths have exceeded births since 1992.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA399250

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  • RAND Corporation

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  • Biomedical

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  • Alcohol Consumption
  • Databases
  • Eurasia
  • Fertility
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Human Behavior
  • Industrialized Nations
  • National Security
  • Nations
  • North America
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Public Health
  • Second World War
  • Security
  • United States

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