FEATURES OF TERRITORIAL DIFFERENTIATION OF MORTALITY UNDER THE FEDERAL DISTRICTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
The aim of the study is to assess the quantitative and structural characteristics of the mortality rate of the population of the federal districts of the Russian Federation in 2016. Statistical data is obtained from the Rosstat databases and from the Demographic Yearbooks of Russia. For a comparative analysis, mortality rates standardized on the basis of the European age standard were used. A clear trend has been revealed towards an increase in the overall mortality rate in the direction from the western to the eastern regions of the country. That can be described as the eastern vector of mortality. The most unfavorable mortality situation was noted in the Far Eastern and Siberian districts, with a significant margin from the rest of the districts. The largest total irreversible demographic losses in these macro-regions caused (in decreasing order of importance): circulatory system diseases, neoplasms, external causes of morbidity and mortality. According to the studied medical and demographic criteria, the lowest level of sanitary and epidemiological well-being and, consequently, the lowest quality of life for the period of its assessment (2016) took place in Siberia and the Far East. The Russian state should pay special attention to these regions as being crucial for the country’s socio-economic development, maintaining a high level of its defense capability and geopolitical status.