Indirect demographic approach (convenience retrospective cohort) to study mortality in Russia

This project is led by Prof Marmot, University College London, UK.

This project adopted methodology initially developed to estimate mortality in countries with incomplete vital registration and low literacy. This approach appears to be a good and cost-effective tool in studying health impacts of rapid social change in populations with high numeracy and literacy. It will allow us to reconstruct mortality trends for Russian men and women for the past 25 years, to quantify the relation of smoking, alcohol and poverty to mortality, as well as to study mortality trends in different sub-groups. This would enable us to identify sub-populations most vulnerable during the societal transformation.

For more detailed information about the project, see Studies of adult mortality in Russia