[Public health problems in Siberian cities and regions].

The article covers main results of long-standing studies of public health problems in Siberian cities and regions. The author evaluated role of social and ecologic, economic, psychosocial and other factors in formation of growth and losses in vital, work and reproductive potentials of population.

[The mortality of the able-bodied population in the Irkutsk oblast].

The comprehensive evaluation of the irrevocable demographic losses among the able-bodied population in Irkutsk oblast. The quantitative structural analysis was implemented as applied to the characteristics of mortality of this population contingent. The peculiarities of formation of the vital potential of the economically active population.

[Influence of sociopsychological factors on the health status of pregnant women, puerperants and newborn infants].

Results of sociohygienic studies of the effect impact of vital activity on the mental and physical status, in pregnancy and on progenic health in women living in a Siberian town are presented. Most important determinants of disturbances in pregnancy and neonatality, as well as the causes of psychoemotional stress in pregnant women under modern socioeconomic conditions were revealed. Relative risks of adverse impact of major sociobiological and psychoemotional factors on pregnant women and on newborns were calculated.

[Ecologic and social problems of reproductivity in the Irkutsk region].

The study covered quantitative and structural features, changes in functional parameters of female reproductive system, in disorders of pregnancy, childbed and newborns in Irkutsk region. The authors demonstrated role and relationships of some regional factors--natural, ecologic and technogenic, occupational and industrial, social and economic--in formation of reproductivity, disorders during 1980-1990s.

[Quality of clinical diagnosis in infants under one year of age according to autopsy data].

An analysis of quality of clinical diagnosis of causes of death in infants (under 1 year of life) has been performed basing on the records of 1130 autopsies made in 1981-1998. The diagnosis accuracy, sensitivity, specificity and other quality characteristics have been assessed. The highest accuracy of clinical diagnosis has been found in respect of malformations, fetal hypoxia and natal asphyxia (0.

[Demographic processes and dynamics of public health in the Irkutsk region in the 90-ies].

The general population regularities and regional features in the formation of levels, structure, and tendencies of changes in the demographic characteristics and population health in Russia in the 1990's have been studied as exemplified by the Irkutsk region. The phenomena and processes observed during this period reflect a high degree of ecosocial unsuccessful. The expected social consequences of the crisis are evaluated for the nearest and remote future.