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Russia's Demographic 'Crisis'
How Real Is It?
Although a continuation of long-term patterns accounts for much of the trend, it is important that Russia improve its health care system.
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This issue paper is synthesized from research first published in Julie DaVanzo, ed., Russia's Demographic "Crisis," Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND, CF-124-CRES, 1996; available online. The report includes papers presented by Russian demographers at a conference held at RAND in June 1995 that was sponsored jointly by the RAND Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies; the Center for Demography and Human Ecology, Institute of Economic Forecasting, Russian Academy of Sciences; and the RAND Center for the Study of the Family in Economic Development. Additional data used in preparation of the figures were drawn from the U.S National Center on Health Statistics and the Institut National d'tudes Démographiques.
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