Volume 23 - Article 27 | Pages 749–770  

Age-adjusted disability rates and regional effects in Russia

By Aleksandr Andreev, Charles M. Becker

Abstract

We provide three measures of age-standardized disability rates for each Russian region and show that most, though not all, of the regional patterns in disability prevalence disappear with standardization. Disability prevalence remains unusually high for women in St Petersburg and Belgorod but the "remote but healthy" pattern is nearly gone. We conclude that differences in age structure largely account for the differences in disability prevalence across regions of Russia.

Author's Affiliation

• Aleksandr Andreev - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States of America EMAIL
• Charles M. Becker - Duke University, United States of America EMAIL

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