Health, Well-being and the Growing Challenge of Chronic Disease: the Case of Elderly Russians
Following the demographic collapse of the 1990s, economic recovery at the start of the 21st century, heralded a period of declining mortality, gradual increments in life expectancy and a small uptick in childbirths. In the 2010s, as life expectancy continues to rise, the smaller population cohort, born in the 1990s, enters both the labour force and the age of childbearing. This combination is delivering a renewed squeeze on the structure of the Russian population, which now has one of the most rapidly ageing populations in the world. This squeeze gives rise to an acute pension burden and a growing health burden. The latter, in the form of the growing challenge of chronic disease, is the subject of this paper. Chronic disorders, including CVD, cancer, respiratory disease and diabetes, are the leading causes of mortality globally and the incidence of these diseases is rising in Russia. Using individual level data, representative of the Russian population, we find that more than 40% of the population report living with multiple chronic diseases and we explore the distribution of this burden, it’s impact on the quality of life of elderly Russians and possible policy and individual responses.
Date: 1 March 2018, 14:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Hilary 2018)
Venue: 66 Banbury Road (Wolsey Hall), 66 Banbury Road OX2 6PR
Venue Details: Seminar room
Speaker: Professor Christopher Gerry (University of Oxford)
Organising department: Oxford Institute of Ageing
Organiser: Professor Chris Davis (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: administrator@ageing.ox.ac.uk
Part of: Population Ageing in Countries that have Experienced War, Revolution, and Economic Transition
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Public
Editor: Katia Padvalkava