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Epidemiology in Georgia
Life expectancy for men in 2000 was 65.7 years and for women it was 71.8 years. The country's ethnic groups are made up of: Georgian (70.1%), Armenian (8.1%), Russian (6.3%), Azeri (5.7%), Ossetian (3%), Abkhaz (0.8%) and other 5%. Religious groupings comprise: Georgian Orthodox (65%), Muslim (11%), Russian Orthodox (10%), Armenian Apostolic (8%).
Population and life expectancy, Commonwealth of Independent States & Mongolia (2000)
Country Population (millions) Life Expectancy
Male Female
Armenia 3.7 64.4 71.2
Azerbaijan 8.0 61.7 68.9
Belarus 10.1 62.0 74.0
Georgia 5.2 65.7 71.8
Kazakhstan 16.1 58.0 68.4
Kyrgyzstan 4.9 60.0 68.8
Moldova 4.2 63.1 70.5
Russia 145.4 59.4 72.0
Tajikistan 6.0 60.4 64.7
Turkmenistan 4.7 60.0 64.9
Ukraine 49.5 62.6 73.3
Uzbekistan 24.8 62.1 68.0
[ Mongolia ] 2.5 61.2 66.9
Source: World Health Report 2001

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