In 2001 life expectancy for males at birth was estimated at 60.62 years and for females at 71.96 years; a decrease from the figures shown for 2000, which were 62.6 years for men and 73.3 for women.
'In 1999, Ukraine was one of the worst placed countries in WHO's European Region in terms of overall mortality and a negative trend in natural population growth'15. Premature mortality from diseases of the circulatory system and from cancer is among the highest in the region. However there has been a downward trend in cancer mortality since 1995 and the rate of deaths from neoplasms among people over 65 years is relatively low. In Ukraine, as in Belarus, the number of cases of children with thyroid cancer rose sharply after the disaster at Chernobyl. Tuberculosis incidence has risen steadily throughout the 1990s, but remains lower than in other newly independent states. Nevertheless, the incidence of AIDS is the highest in this group of countries16.
Each year in Ukraine there are about 150,000 new cases of cancer and about 100,000 deaths from the disease. Of these deaths, 82% take place at home, 15% in hospitals and 2% elsewhere. Home deaths from cardiovascular disease are also high, at 86%. In 1997 75% of all deaths in Ukraine took place at home.
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
WHO age standardised death rates per 100,000 population, Commonwealth of Independent States & Mongolia (1995-1998)
Country
Year
All Causes
Cancer
Armenia
1997
696.7
97.7
Azerbaijan
1997
814.4
84.5
Belarus
1998
1015
141.8
Georgia
Kazakhstan
1997
1196.7
152.9
Kyrgyzstan
1998
1033.2
91.9
Moldova
1996
1202.5
125.5
Russia
1997
1084.4
151.0
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
1998
1010.7
135.9
Uzbekistan
[ Mongolia ]
Source: World Health Organisation: World Health Statistics 1997-1999
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