Draft version. Do not cite without permission of the authors. First World Congress on Men’s Health Vienna 2-4 November 2001 Men’s health in Central and Eastern Europe as reflected by the toll of premature death by Martin McKeeand Vladimir M. Shkolnikov London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineMax Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Old women there were lots, but few old men. The things that bent old women broke old men. Boris Slutsky (1999)

Lines dividing Europe. Two versions of eastern part.

General trends in life expectancy

Trends in life expectancy at birth after the World War II in selected western and eastern countries Trends in life expectancy at birth after the World War II in selected western and eastern countries

Values of life expectancy at birth for men and women in Russia, EE and EU

Gender gap in life expectancy at birth for three groups of European countries

Age- and cause-of-death patterns

Proportional changes in age-specific death rates: France, Poland and Russia

Age patterns of excess mortality in CEE and former Soviet Union in 1997

Age and cause- specific contributions to the gender gap in life expectancy at birth in 1965 and 1994 in Russia

Age-cardiovascular components of the gender gap in LE: Russia, 1965 and 1997

Comparison of age-specific death rates by CVD and by all causes but CVD in Russia (1998) to those in the West ( )

Concentration of excess male mortality in certain population groups

Proportional changes in age-specific mortality rates in Bulgaria between 1975 and 1985 (Carlson and Tsvetarsky, 1992) Proportional changes in age-specific mortality rates in Bulgaria between 1975 and 1985 (Carlson and Tsvetarsky, 1992)

Proportional changes in age-specific mortality rates in Hungary between 1960 and 1984 (Carlson, 1989) Proportional changes in age-specific mortality rates in Hungary between 1960 and 1984 (Carlson, 1989)

Gender gap in life expectancy within the range of ages in Russia by educational level in 1979 and 1989

Probability of surviving and life expectancy by marital status in in Russia

Standardized mortality ratios in and for higher and lower educational classes by sex: age 16 and over. (Level of mortality of the total Russian population in = 100) Standardized mortality ratios in and for higher and lower educational classes by sex: age 16 and over. (Level of mortality of the total Russian population in = 100)

Life expectancy at age 25 by education with 95% confidential limits: Russians and Jews in the City of Moscow in

To what extent premature death of men in Russia is attributable to social status and health behaviours?

Udmurt Republic

Clogit ORs from the Udmurt “verbal autopsy” study. Models with and without adjustment for other risk factors. Case-control study of male deaths at age in the Udmurt Republic (Russia) in Clogit ORs from the Udmurt “verbal autopsy” study. Models with and without adjustment for other risk factors. Case-control study of male deaths at age in the Udmurt Republic (Russia) in