Causes of Death in Population
during the Periods of
Demographic Crises:
Russia , 1933
Table 1*
Estimate of Mortality Rates in Population of Russia in 1933 **
Rates
Men
Women
Both
genders
2832
2407
5239
Number of deaths of children
less than one year of age
(thousand people)
-
-
1273
Crude mortality rates (per 1000
population)
-
-
51
Infant mortality rate (per 1000
live births)
-
-
295
Life expectancy at birth
152
19.5
-
The
number
of
(thousand people)
deaths
*Source: Andreyev Ye.M., Darskiy L.Ye., Kharkova T.L. Demographic History of Russia: 1927 –
1957. M., 1998. Appendix 2, 3. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/knigi/andr_dars_khar/adk.html.
** Within the boundaries of the RSFSR in 1933.
Table 2*
Causes of
Death** for Urban Population in Russia, 1933
Causes of death
Number of deaths (persons)
Share (%)
Males
Females
Males
Females
1. Diseases during pregnancy
and delivery
-***
727
-
0.4
2. Diseases in newborns
8711
6352
3,3
3,3
3. Infectious and parasitic
diseases
67171
47361
25,3
24,4
4. Number of violent deaths
4576
1486
1,8
0,8
5. Traumas
7698
2937
2,9
1,5
6. Alcoholism
1350
121
0,5
0,1
7.
5458
2651
2,1
1,4
Hyponutrition-related
diseases
(including
rachitis)
* Source: State Archive of the Russian Federation, Fond F-374. Inventory 23. File 224. P.54-54reverse.
** According to the Soviet classification of the causes of death.
*** The phenomenon is not registered.
****Less than 0,1%
8.
Cancer
and
other
malignant neoplasms
4178
4233
1,6
2,2
9. Benign neoplasms and
tumors of unknown
nature
121
91
0,0****
0
10. Metabolic diseases
300
166
0,1
0,1
11.Endocrine diseases
57
38
0
0
12. Diseases of the blood
and
blood-forming
organs
559
266
0,2
0,1
13. Diseases of the nervous
system, of the sense
organs,
cerebral
arteriosclerosis,
cerebral haemorrhages,
apoplexy
9611
7667
3,6
3,9
14. Cardiac and circulatory
diseases
30240
21114
11,4
10,9
15. Gangrene
488
196
0,2
0,1
16.
27485
20990
10,4
10,8
Bronchitis,
bronchopneumonia,
other
respiratory
diseases, except for
croupous pneumonia
17. Enteritis. Colitis.
19372
13111
7,3
6,7
18.
22460
19432
8,5
10
19. Appendicitis. Typhlitis.
268
137
0,1
0,1
20.Hepatobiliary diseases
581
388
0,2
0,2
21. Diseases of the digestive
system
6065
3732
2,3
1,9
22. Nephritis and nonveneral
diseases of genitourinary
system
3905
3128
1,5
1,6
23. Diseases of locomotor
system, bone diseases,
except for tuberculosis
of lovomotor organs,
rheumatism
and
osteomyelitis
154
147
0,1
0,1
24 Skin diseases except for
phlegmon, abscess, and
carbuncle
193
193
0,1
0,1
25. Senility
15334
20391
5,8
10,5
26. Other and not well defined
reasons
28970
16325
19,7
7,4
Total
265305
194302
100
100
Enteritis, diarrhea in
children younger then 2
years of age
Table 3*
Infectious diseases as Causes of Death in the Urban Population, Russia, 1933
Causes of death
Number of deaths (persons)
Share (%)
Males
Females
Males
Females
1242
1893
2,9
4
Epydemic typhus
6788
3853
10,1
8,1
Relapsing fever
27
2
0
0
Smallpox
333
297
0,5
0,6
Measles
8530
8108
12,7
17,1
Scarlet fever
1205
1105
1,8
2,3
Whooping cough
1112
1398
1,7
3
Diphtheria
2323
2087
3,5
4,4
Influenza
2251
1807
3,4
3,8
Typhoid fever
paratyphoid
and
*Source: State Archive of the Russian Federation. Fond F-374. Inventory 23. File 224. P.54-54reverse.
Dysentery
5622
4512
8,4
9,5
Croupous pneumonia
3644
2219
5,4
4,7
Respiratory
tuberculosis
23578
12580
35,1
26,6
Meninges tuberculosis
496
402
0,7
0,8
Tuberculosis of other
organs
2593
1949
3,9
4,1
Syphilis
527
257
0,7
0,5
Malaria
2952
2252
4,4
4,8
Carbuncle,
abscess,
furuncle,
phlegmon
731
446
1,1
1,1
Other infectious and
parasitic diseases
2517
2184
3,7
4,4
Total
67171
47361
100
100