RESUMO
The dynamics of the mean life expectancy (LE) were analyzed for the residents of Saint-Petersburg in 1979-2001. The trends of the above index were compared for Saint-Petersburg, Russia and a number of countries in the Eastern, Central and Western Europe. The influence of different age- and sex-groups on the mortality-intensity changes observed at crucial stage of the mentioned period were analyzed and evaluated. An LE increase at removing certain mortality causes from some age intervals were assessed. The specificity of mortality processes in Russia and Saint Petersburg was found to be essentially different from that observed in other countries. The conclusion was substantiated on that the social-and-economic situation in the country and in the city has a significant impact on the mortality level among population and, primarily, among the able-bodied population.
