The influence of change in age structure on gender-specific mortality rate differences in the context of the demographic transition
He research of gender-specific mortality is of scientific and practical interest in the frame of consecutive implementation of a complex of state programs aimed at preserving and strengthening the health of the population. The results of the study of gender-specific mortality rate differences among the population/subpopulations of the Republic of Belarus during 1959-2016 are presented in the article. The dynamics of differences in the mortality rate of the Republic of Belarus by sex have been determined, and the effect of changes in age structure of the population on these differences has been estimated. From the early 60-s of the last century, the differences in gender-specific mortality increased regardless of the residence territory type. Since 2011 there have been decreased differences in gender-specific mortality rate of the urban population, since 2008 - of rural population of the Republic of Belarus. In the context of the demographic transition, the change in the age structure alleviated the degree of differences in the mortality of the male and female population regardless of the residence territory type with more differences in the gender-specific mortality rate of the rural population.