Table 1

Population health indicators in selected former Soviet Union countries/Eastern European countries

CountryLife expectancy at birth (years) [2012]Infant MR (per 1000 live-births) [2013]Maternal MR (per 100 000 live-births) [2013]
Moldova68.713.321
Kazakhstan69.614.626
Kyrgyz Republic70.021.675
Russian Federation70.58.624
Ukraine70.98.623
Georgia73.911.741
Bulgaria74.310.15
Romania74.610.533
Macedonia, FYR75.05.87
Hungary75.15.214
Serbia75.25.816
Poland76.84.53
Croatia76.93.813
Czech Republic78.13.95
Slovenia80.12.37
OECD average80.44.1 (2011)11 (2010)
  • The World Bank Database (2014)—rounded values, OECD (2015), infant mortality rates, maternal mortality rates, doi: 10.1787/83dea506-en; doi.org/10.1787/888932722981 (Accessed on 27 October 2015).

  • FYR, Former Yugoslav Republic; MR, mortality rate; OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; TB, tuberculosis.