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Demographic barometer

  • Youth of the CIS, some characteristics of mortality
    • In the CIS countries, the number of men surviving to the age of 30 is from 974 to 991 per 1000 of those surviving to the age of 15, for women - from 990 to 997
    • Mortality among young people aged 15-29 in the CIS countries is declining, but remains relatively high, especially among young men in Russia
    • Among the main causes of death of young people in the CIS countries, the most frequent are external causes.
    • Mortality of young people as a result of suicide in some CIS countries exceeds mortality from all types of transport accidents

Q&A

  • A heavy burden, or excess weight and how to deal with it
  • Three years with coronavirus: 54% of Russians expect a new wave of COVID-19
  • 45% of men consider the earlier retirement age of women discrimination
  • Romir: Satisfaction with healthcare among Russians has doubled
  • The minimum draft age should be increased, the maximum should be left as is. Russians want men aged 21 to 27 to be drafted into the army
  • How the future looks: planning horizons and moods

In the vastness of Russia

  • Life expectancy in Russia has increased by more than 2.3 years over past year
  • Russia has about 1.9 million large families
  • Shoigu proposes to gradually increase age of conscription
  • Deputies introduce bill on deferment from mobilization for scientists
  • Ministry of Digital Development head opposes restrictions on departure of IT-specialists from Russia
  • Over 11 months of 2022, about 640 thousand foreigners received Russian passports
  • Russia simplifies receipt of SNILS by foreigners
  • Russia-China border reopens for all categories of citizens with visa
  • New U.S. Ambassador to Russia to work on resuming visa issuance in Moscow
  • Foreigners will be deprived of opportunity to enter into fictitious marriages for legalization in Russia
  • Covid mortality has tripled compared to 2021
  • Russians have started getting the flu and coronavirus at the same time
  • The incidence of alcoholism and alcoholic psychoses has decreased in Russia
  • Ministry of Health reports increase in number of rural residents dependent on alcohol
  • Cabinet of Ministers approves action strategy for developing gender equality
  • Government approves monthly allowances for doctors

World News

  • In 2022, the world's population increased by 79 million
  • Japan records record low fertility with high mortality
  • In the Netherlands, deaths exceed births for first time since 1900
  • Life expectancy in the US fell by 0.6 years in 2021
  • South Korea unveils plan to deal with demographic crisis
  • Afghanistan bans women from higher education
  • Families will be offered $7,600 per child to move out of Tokyo
  • The number of refugees from Ukraine is approaching 8 million
  • 6.9 million citizens of Ukraine are internally displaced persons
  • 4.2 million refugees in Turkey
  • France and Spain will strengthen migration control at border
  • US authorities introduce new measures to combat illegal migration from Latin America
  • Global numbers of weekly deaths from coronavirus may be underestimated
  • China stops publishing daily COVID-19 incidence data
  • Japan records sharp increase in deaths among those infected with coronavirus
  • Ebola epidemic in Uganda is over
  • WHO warns of global shortage of antibiotics
  • Road fatalities in Japan remain at lowest level for sixth year in a row
  • WHO expects health situation to improve in 2023

The newspapers write about…

  • Novaya Gazeta on emigration from Russia
  • Novye Izvestia and Kommersant on prospects for return of Russian emigrants
  • RBK on maternity tourism from Russia to Argentina
  • Kommersant on business immigration
  • Novye Izvestia on the labor market
  • RBK on the unhealthy lifestyle of Russian men
  • Forbes on coronavirus and swine flu
  • Gazeta.Ru on passive immunization
  • Forbes on the fight against HIV
  • TASS and RBK on male fertility and infertility
  • Science and Stuff on the baby incubator
  • Forbes on Maslow's pyramid

Read books and magazines

  • A roadmap of aging, or how not to become a hostage of your home after retirement
  • Gender panorama of modern Russia
  • Health at a glance: Europe 2022 state of health in the EU cycle
  • Preserving the population of Russia: health, employment, standard of living and quality of life
  • Children of Kazakhstan 2017-2021
  • Through the pages of the journals Demograficheskoye Obozreniye (Demographic Review) and Obshchestvennoye zdorov’e (Public Health)
  • Contents of the journal Demographic Research

Profession: researcher

  • 90 years since the birth of Leokadiya Mikhailovna Drobizheva

 
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