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Major health issuesHealthcare in Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, (Redirected from Health in Russia) Russia has more physicians, hospitals, and health care workers than almost any other country in the world on a per capita basis. Regardless, since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the health of the Russian population has declined considerably as a result of social, economic, and lifestyle changes.[4] However, after Vladimir Putin become a president in 2000 there was significant growth in spending for public healthcare[5] and in 2006 it exceed the pre-1991 level in real terms.[5] Also life expectancy increased from 1991-93 levels, infant mortality rate dropped from 18.1 in 1995 to 8.4 in 2008.[6] Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced a large large-scale health-care reform in 2011 and pledged to allocate more than 300 billion rubles ($10 billon) in the next few years to improve health care in the country.[7] He also said that obligatory medical insurance tax paid by companies for compulsory medical insurance will increase from current 3.1% to 5.1% starting from 2011.[7]
Life expectancy See also: List of countries by life expectancy
Russian male and female life expectancy since 1950.[8][9] As of 2009, the average life expectancy in Russia was 62.77 years for males and 74.67 years for females.[10] The average Russian life expectancy of 68.67 years at birth is nearly 10 years shorter than the overall average figure for the European Union, or the United States.[11] The biggest factor contributing to this relatively low life expectancy for males is a high mortality rate among working-age males from preventable causes (e.g., alcohol poisoning, stress, smoking, traffic accidents, violent crimes). Mortality among Russian men rose by 60% since 1991, four to five times higher than European average.[12] As a result of the large difference in life expectancy between men and women and because of the lasting effect of World War II[citation needed], where Russia lost more men than any other nation in the world, the gender imbalance remains to this day and there are 0.859 males to every female.[13] Major health issues Date: 2015-12-11; view: 1020
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