Russia: Increases in life expectancy, decreases in child deaths, use of alcohol, tobacco

(Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation) Life expectancy in Russia between 1994 and 2016 increased by more than seven years, while rates of death among children under age 5 decreased nearly 60 percent, according to the most extensive health study on the nation ever conducted.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news