| Titre : | The effects of political and economic transitions on health and safety in estonia : An estonian-swedish comparative study. (1998) |
| Auteurs : | T. KAASIK ; R. ANDERSSON ; L.G. HORTE ; Department of Public Health Sciences. Division of Social Medicine. Karolinska Institutet. Norrbacka. Stockholm. SWE |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Social science and medicine (vol. 47, n° 10, 1998) |
| Pagination : | 1589-1599 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Mortalité ; Economie santé ; Evaluation ; Etat santé ; Homme ; Système santé ; Etude comparée ; Estonie ; Europe de l'Est ; Europe ; Suède ; Politique santé ; Santé physique |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST YaNvlR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. A general and dramatic deterioration of health in Estonia during the transition period 1990-1994 was analysed using Sweden as a comparative example. Though there were diverging trends between Estonia and Sweden in the leading cause of death, cardiovascular diseases, the gap in mortality from injury had increased most rapidly. While the injury mortality rate slightly decreased in Sweden from 1990 to 1994, it almost doubled in Estonia. In 1994, the total injury death rate for men was about 6 times higher in Estonia than in Sweden. The death rates for some types of injuries, such as alcohol intoxication and homicide, were many tenfolds higher in Estonia than in Sweden. Injury contributed the most to the widening health gap between the countries, especially in males. The mechanisms of this sudden health deterioration remain to be fully explained. It could be hypothesised that behind the traditional behavioural risk factors, the influence of socio-political factors related to economic and political reconstruction is present. A widespread risk-taking and unhealthy behaviour among Estonians can likely be partly explained as a way of coping with the distress created by the new demands of transition society. An important challenge on the way to improvement is creating the political will among policy-makers to confront the tremendous problems of controlling the factors in society that affect the population's health in Estonia. |
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