Causes of death and pathological processes leading to lethal outcomes in adult population of Novosibirsk region

The article presents methodological approach which uses the autopsy results from the forensic medical examination bureaus for prediction of the population health and health care planning. The authors provide evidence that the patterns of prevalence of the pathological processes, in particular of those leading to lethal outcomes due to cardiovascular (atherosclerotic processes in the heart, acute cardiac ischemia, cardiomyopathy, myocardial infarction, hemorrhagic and ischemic strokes), respiratory (inflammatory processes in the lungs), and digestive (adipose degeneration, liver fibrosis and cirrhosis, inflammatory processes in pancreas, and ulcerous processes in stomach and duodenum) disorders, have prognostic value in adult population aged 18-70.