The changing relation between alcohol and life expectancy in Russia in 1965-2017
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https://hdl.handle.net/10037/24432Dato
2020-01-18Type
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Peer reviewed
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Design and Methods. We examine three periods: 1965–1984, a period of gradual LE decline; 1984–2003, a period of massive LE fluctuations; and 2003–2017, a period of LE improvement. Pearson’s correlation coefficients and a linear relationship between annual changes in LE and alcohol poisoning were estimated for each period.
Results. The strongest negative correlation between changes in LE and alcohol poisonings was found in 1984–2003. Over the period 2003–2017 a consistent positive LE trend emerged that was statistically independent of alcohol poisoning.
Discussion and Conclusions. These results suggest that in the period from the mid-2000s a growth of LE in Russia was to a large extent independent of changes in the population prevalence of harmful drinking. While there has been a reduction in mortality at ages 15–64, at older ages mortality reduction unrelated to alcohol has become an increasingly important driver of overall mortality improvements.