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Improving public health and increasing life expectancy is the priority policy of many developed countries. The current model of Russian regional economic development aimed at exploring natural resources creates multiple negative consequences for socioeconomic development and public health. The aim of this research is to analyze the condition and dynamics of populational health in Kemerovo Oblast, to find correlation between health and socioeconomic development indicators. In order to do this, we have applied comparative analysis, synthesis, statistical and correlation analysis. We have studied demographical indicators of populational health in Kemerovo Oblast in 2002-2017. We discovered the main problems of public health in the regions: low life expectancy of men (45-64 years); high infant mortality rate in countryside areas; high suicide rate among employable citizens. The correlation analysis revealed a stable correlation between health indicators and gross regional product, average per capita income. Social development and health indicators demonstrate a moderate positive (related to birth rate) and moderate negative (related to crime rate) correlation.
Positive dynamics of the general indicators of population reproduction is both the basis and the goal of sustainable development in a region. The analysis shows that the demographic problems of the studied mining region hinder the sustainable development of Kemerovo Region (Kuzbass). These issues include long-term population decline, age and gender imbalances in the structure of the population, an increase in the number of citizens older than the working age, and an increase in the demographic burden on the economically active population. The resource and industrial nature of Kuzbass plays a significant role in the dynamics of these processes. The study examines the relationship between demographic indicators and those of sustainable development. The influence of demographic processes was studied by the method of correlation and regression analysis. The authors found negative impact of the dynamics in the population reproduction processes on the number of people employed in the region’s economy, on the gross regional product and investment in fixed assets. A statistically significant relationship was established between mortality rate of the entire population, mortality of the working age group and indicators of sustainable development. The reasons for the high mortality rates in the region include the employment of a significant part of the workforce in hard and hazardous working conditions, high occupational morbidity, injuries, adverse environmental conditions caused by intensive mining, air pollution, and industrial waste. It is concluded that in developing a regional social and economic policy, the positive dynamics of population reproduction processes should be considered as a key factor in the region’s sustainable development.
The article is devoted to the study of the health of the population in the regions of the Siberian Federal District on the basis of the following statistical indicators: infant mortality, total mortality, fertility rate, mortality according to death cause, life expectancy, primary incidence, morbidity according to disease. The study has revealed some trends in public health of the Siberian regions in 2012 – 2016. Positive trends in the health status of the population of the Siberian territories are: 1) decrease in infant and general mortality, mortality from circulatory diseases, external causes, and respiratory diseases; 2) increase in overall male and female life expectancy. Negative trends in the public health of the regions in question include: 1) declining fertility under the influence of the «population wave» effect; 2) increase in cancer mortality rate, diseases of the digestive system and infections. Public health of the Siberian territories is characterized by a high level of differentiation, as well as by multidirectional dynamics of morbidity and mortality in different regions. A low level of public health has been observed in the republics of Tyva and Altai, Trans-Baikal, and Irkutsk Region. A relatively good medical and demographic situation has been observed in Tomsk, Omsk, and Novosibirsk regions.
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