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Russian demographic barometer

Russia: preliminary demographic results of 2018 (part 2)

• The number of deaths fell in 2018 by 0.4%, the overall mortality rate remained at the same level as in 2017 - 12.4

• Life expectancy at birth increases to 72.7 years

• According to preliminary data, mortality has decreased from all major classes of causes of death except for diseases of the digestive, nervous and endocrine systems.

• Mortality from external causes in 2018 was the lowest since 1980 - 89 deaths per 100 thousand people

• Infant mortality drops to 5.1‰

Q&A

• Attitudes towards vaccinations

• Cancer: can it be cured and what we need to do?

• Employers have become less likely to pay attention to the marital status of job applicants, but gender preferences remain

• Emigration moods

• Influence of the ROC on public life, politics, culture

In the vastness of Russia

• In 2018, the population of Russia declined by 93.5 thousand people

• Putin expects resumption of natural population growth by 2024

• Rosstat calculates ratio of men to women in Russia

• Low fertility in the 90s to blame for decrease in number of marriages.

• Fertility in St. Petersburg continues to fall

• Vladimir Putin announces new family support measures

• Social benefits for 2019 promised by Putin in address to the nation will cost 80 billion rubles

• FIU will begin to inform Russians about the size of future pension

• Recalculation of pensions will affect 12% of non-working pensioners

• Medvedev proposes to assess poverty by household expenditures

• 14.1-fold gap between highest and lowest salaries in one enterprise

• Average salaries in St. Petersburg one and a half times higher than in the Leningrad region

• Russians most worried by rising prices and unemployment

• Moscow recognized as best region to live in

• Spatial development strategy will be integrated into national projects

• In Moscow metro, ads for relocation to Far East

• Russia may simplify procedure for issuing visas to foreign tourists

• Net migration in exchange with Ukraine down three-fold

• Foreigners stripped of residence permit will also be stripped of Russian pension

• Russia diagnosing fewer cases of HIV

• 5,600 Russians died from alcohol poisoning in 2018

• In Russia, an increase in mortality from diseases of the digestive system

• In Russia, women of working age most often die from cancer

• Putin sets two-year target for ensuring availability of medical care across country

• Federation Council approves palliative care act

• Cases of measles are quite rare in Russia

• ARVI and influenza epidemic in 32 Russian regions

• Ministry of Health plans to cut number of abortions in half

• Proposal for State Duma to remove abortion from the health insurance system

• Ministry of Health opposes abortion ban

• Phone apps will positively impact reproductive behavior of young people

• State Duma calls on physicians to combat anti-vaxxers

• Russia develops active longevity programs

• Interior Ministry will receive information about the health of drivers

• Road accident rate stops falling

• In Russia, dramatic changes in norms for harmful substances in the air

World news

• Europe will shrink by 26 million people by mid-century

• Population of Azerbaijan reaches almost 10 million

• The population of Latvia is 1,920,100 people

• The population of Kiev has officially increased by 17,000 people

• 46.6% of the population of Belarus are men

• Average life expectancy in Shanghai reaches 83.63 years

• Western Europeans marrying later than Eastern Europeans

• Latvia among EU leaders in number of marriages

• In South Korea, a rising proportion of unmarried people

• Latvia and Lithuania are the worst Nordic countries for quality of life

• In the UK, the cost of civil status certificates has increased significantly

• Less than half of the economically active population of Ukraine are officially employed

• Over year, 5,637 people lost Ukrainian citizenship, 988 people were granted it

• US rejected 37,000 visa applications in 2018

• Japan considering visa-free regime with Russia

• Unspoken age limit on departure of residents from Turkmenistan increases to 40 years

• Mexico plans to close migrant refuge on Texas border

• In 2018, almost 100,000 fewer migrants arrived in Italy

• Latinos less likely to believe there are too many migrants in US

• Tajik migrants are actively becoming citizens of Russia while retaining Tajik citizenship

• Will working conditions in EAEU countries become more comfortable?

• Kazakhstan does not fear outflow of citizens

• More than 10% of the population has left Venezuela

• Venezuelan Foreign Ministry does not agree with UNHCR data on the number of people who have left the country

• In 2018, migrants transferred a record amount of money to Kirgizia

• In Kirgizia, about 86,000 children left without supervision of migrant worker parents

• In Belarus, death rate from accidental alcohol poisoning twice as high as in Russia

• Most “healthy” countries named

• Facebook joins fight against anti-vaccine movement

• Ministry of Labor of Belarus is for a free attempt at IVF

• In Japan, baby born weighing 268 grams

The newspapers write about…

• “Lenta.ru”, “Novaya Gazeta”, “Rossiyskaya Gazeta” and “Svobodnaya Pressa” on the President’s address to the nation

• “InoSMI.RU” and “Haaretz” on population projections

• “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” on inequality

• “Gazeta.ru” on a ranking of Russian regions

• “Rossiyskaya Gazeta” on happiness and prosperity

• “Gazeta.ru” on the changing nature of marriage

• “RBK” on net migration

• “Atlantic Council” on the emigration of Russians

• “Yle” on Russians in Finland

• “112.ua” and “UNIAN” on Ukrainian migrants

• “IQ” on the migration crisis in the United States

• “Sputnik” on terrorists among migrants

• “Kultura” on the strategy for promoting a healthy life style

• “Forbes” on fight against anti-vaxxers

• “Science” on the measles epidemic in Ukraine

• “Dagens Nyheter” and “Tageszeitung” on the spread of HIV

• “Regiony Online”, “Russkaya sluzhba BBC”, “Shanghai Observer” and “Kommersant” on active longevity and old age

• “Helsingin Sanomat” about nursing homes

• “Shanghai news” and “Russkaya sluzhba BBC” on biohackers

• “Videnskab” on the effect of alcohol on health

• “SRF” on alcohol consumption

• “Izvestiya” on sobering-up stations

• “Vox” on the health impact of smartphones

• “Medvestnik” on mortality statistics

• “Babr24” on norms for harmful substances

• “The New York Times” on kindergartens in the USSR

• “Rossiyskaya Gazeta” on embryo transfers

• “Forbes” on work-family balance

• “Yeni Asya” on child soldiers

• “National Review” and “The New Yorker” on abortion legislation in the USA

• “The Guardian” and “American Thinker” on LGBT

• “Le Figaro” and “Atlantico” on parents in France

• “Nozh” on toxic masculinity

• “The Village” on a medical video blog

Read books and magazines

• The dangers of urban life in the USSR in the period of late Stalinism. Health, hygiene and living conditions. 1943-1953

• Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018

• Labor and employment in the Republic of Belarus, 2018

• Youth in the Commonwealth of Independent States: A Statistical Portrait

• The socially conscious citizen as a goal and source of development of Russia

• Through the pages of the magazines “Demografiya ta sotsalna ekonomika” (“Demography and Social Economy”) and “Povolzhskiy onkologicheskiy vestnik” (“Volga Region Oncological Herald”)

• Contents of the journal “Demography

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