Christine A. Costello

Premature Death in the New Independent States

The Workshop on Mortality and Disability in the New Independent States [formed following the collapse of the Soviet Union] and the Workshop on Adult Health Priorities and Policies in the New Independent States were held in September and November 1994 respectively. This volume includes an overview and revised versions of 13 of the papers that were presented; the workshop agendas are presented as appendices.... The volume is organized in two parts.... The first deals with the magnitude trends and causes of premature death while the second addresses the proximate determinants of the diseases and injuries that cause the greatest number of premature deaths and measures for their reduction. (EXCERPT)