TRENDS IN MORTALITY FROM TUMORS IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY THE FAR EASTERN FEDERAL COUNTY IN 1997-2007
It is shown that despite the unfavorable population of the North of demographic trends, low life expectancy and higher mortality from all causes, there is a high mortality rate from neoplasms, particularly in the Chukotka and Magadan region. The contribution of mortality from neoplasms in the structure of all-cause mortality in the northern regions are generally higher than in Russia.