Occupational health and health care in Russia and Russian Arctic: 1980–2010

Figures & data

Fig. 1.  Map of northern regions of the Russian Federation. (Reproduced by permission from Young TK, ed. Circumpolar Health Atlas. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2012)

Fig. 2.  Rate of new cases of occupational diseases, including poisonings (per 10,000 workers), in Russia and selected Arctic regions.

Table I. Rate of new cases of occupational diseases (OD) in selected European countries, 2005

Country	Rate of OD (per 10,000 employed)
Former USSR
Russian Federation	1.7
Ukraine	1.8
Belarus	0.3
Estonia	1.1
Lithuania	5.9
Latvia	16.2
Former socialist countries, Eastern Europe
Czech Republic	1.8
Croatia	0.4
Slovakia	1.1
Hungary	0.7
Nordic countries
Denmark	39.7
Norway	7.5
Sweden	34.9
Finland	19.4

Source: World Health Organisation (cited in 17).

Eglite ME, Reste ED, Tchurbakova EV, Vinadzinsh IA. [Work conditions, risk factors on workplace and their influence on worker's health in Latvia]. Med Tr Prom Ekol. 2009;(6): 6–13. [Article in Russian].

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