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TABLE 12-1 Selected Demographic and Health Characteristics of Russia and the Central Asian States, 1989-1994

Crude Birth Rate (per 1,000) Crude Death Rate (per 1,000) Rate of Natural Increase (per 1,000) Total Fertility Ratea Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000 births) Maternal Mortality Rate (per 100,000 live births)b Life Expectancy (years)c
1989
Russia 14.7 10.7 3.9 2.0 17.8 47.4 69.6
Kazakstan 23.0 7.6 15.4 2.9 26.0 53.1 68.7
Kyrgyz Republic 30.4 7.2 23.2 3.9 32.4 42.6 68.5
Tajikistan 38.7 6.5 32.2 5.2 43.3 38.9 69.4
Turkmenistan 35.0 7.7 27.3 4.4 54.8 55.2 65.2
Uzbekistan 33.3 6.3 27.0 4.2 38.1 42.8 69.2
1994b
Russia 9.4 15.6 ­6.2 1.4 18.6 51.6 64
Kazakstan 18.2 9.6 8.6 2.3 27.4 49.6 65.8
Kyrgyz Republic 24.6 8.3 16.3 3.3 29.6 44.5 65.4
Tajikistan 28.2 7.0 21.2 4.3 45.9 74.0 67.7
Turkmenistan 32.0 7.9 24.1 4.0 42.9 44.4 63.9
Uzbekistan 29.4 6.6 22.8 3.8 32.7 24.1 67.9
Percent change, 1989-1994
Russia ­35.4 44.4 ­259 ­30.0 2.8 6.7 ­7.9
Kazakstan ­20.9 26.3 ­44.2 ­20.1 5.4 ­6.6 ­4.2
Kyrgyz Republic ­19.1 15.3 ­29.7 ­15.6 ­8.6 4.5 ­4.5
Tajikistan ­27.1 7.7 ­34.2 ­17.7 6.0 90.2 ­2.4
Turkmenistan ­8.6 2.6 ­11.7 ­9.1 ­21.7 ­19.6 ­1.8
Uzbekistan ­11.7 4.8 ­15.6 ­9.1 ­14.2 ­43.5 ­2.0

a The total fertility rate (TFR) is a synthetic measure of the number of children a woman would have if she passed through her childbearing years at the current age-specific fertility rates. Figures are for 1993.

bFigures for total fertility rate and maternal mortality rate are for 1993; figures for life expectancy are for 1994 except Tajikstan (1992) and Uzbekistan (1993).

cFigures are for 1994, except Tajikistan (1992) and Uzbekistan (1993).

SOURCES: Commonwealth of Independent States Statistical Committee, national statistical offices; World Health Organization Health-for-All Global Indicators Data Base.