Abstract

Background In Kazakhstan, all-cause mortality declined by almost 20% between 2007 and 2012. This steep decline was the first sustained improvement in all-cause mortality in the country since the steep increases in mortality after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. We hypothesize that reduced alcohol consumption was a major reason for the observed improvements. Methods Age-specific mortality rates in Kazakhstan from all-cause …

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