Reply To: Russian Tensions

I already indicated my suspicions about the comparison The heavy consumption of vodka was normally previously given as the cause of earlier deaths of Russians. On this occasion the fall is attributed to not just Covid but to the war fatalities and reduction of men of fighting age generally because of dodging military call up.

It seems it is WHO and UN procedure to calculate life expectancy at 15 years. I suppose this is to counteract infant and child mortality rates.

https://gateway.euro.who.int/en/indicators/hfa_49-1030-life-expectancy-at-age-15-years/

https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy-how-is-it-calculated-and-how-should-it-be-interpreted

Yet another criteria is the ‘Average healthy life expectancy’ defined as ‘the average number of years that an individual is expected to live in a state of self-assessed good or very good health’.

For Glasgow men, it is 54 and that was at Jan 2021, a drop also because of Covid. I wouldn’t say it was due to drinking Buckfast, Scotland’s other national drink for the poor.

https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/average-healthy-life-expectancy-glasgow-19693673