Dynamics of population health in Russia (2005-2013)

Life expectancy, which is often used as an integral index in estimation of population health. However this indicator does not take into account some important aspects connected with population health. The article proposes a new integral indicator - index of population health (IPH). On the basis of a preliminary analysis of the relationship between different variables characterising population health, IPH was supplemented by the following independent or weakly interdependent variables: infant mortality, life expectancy at birth, general morbidity, disability, vitality coefficient. The authors examined dynamics of the index of population health and its components for 82 regions and 8 Federal Districts of Russia in 2005-2013.