[Counting method for evaluation of possible premature death due to ambient air pollution]. / O metode rascheta vozmozhnoi prezhdevremennoi smerti pri zagriaznenii atmosfernogo vozdukha.

The authors present evaluation of possible untimely death rate due to ambient air pollution in Russian cities. For evaluation, the authors used data of everyday monitoring of air pollution in 1993 and 1998, carried out by Russian Hydrometeorology Service. Findings are that 219,000-233,000 untimely deaths (or 15-17% of total annual death rate) in Russia could be caused by air pollution. The authors discuss possible factors influencing exactness of the presented evaluation.

[The assessment of premature death rates in Byelarus due to environmental air pollution]. / Otsenka chisla prezhdevremennykh smertei iz-za zagriazneniia atmosfery.

The attributive death rates due to ambient air pollution were estimated in the urban areas of Byelarus. Estimation used the data of daily atmospheric contamination monitoring made by the Main Hydrometereology Committee of Byelarus in 15 towns from 1990 to 1999. To establish a dose-response relationship, the results of the well-known investigations by Dockery were used, which covering prospective cohort studies in 6 towns of the USA, have demonstrated a statistically significant correlation between atmospheric pollution and mortality rates. In Byelarus, about 7.5 thousand premature deaths or 6% of the total annual death rates may be induced by atmospheric pollution. Possible factors that influence the accuracy of estimates are discussed in the paper.