In Russia most men have been drinking vodka causing them to die at an early age, between 50 - 55 years old. Vodka is low cost, making it accessible for everyone. This leads to the decreased population of men at the age 50-59, making gender imbalance between two genders (Population Pyramids of the World from 1950 to 2100). To solve this problem, Russia has been trying to improve their health facilities. In addition to making the population of men stable, although doctors are not satisfied due to low salary and losing their job. While the population of men has been stabilized, the program is very unpopular with the public.
The problem led to gender imbalance, impacting the government in Russia. Therefore, the government decided to make the price of the vodka higher in order for Russian men to decrease the amount of vodka they drink everyday. Before, it cost about $1.32 but now it cost about $3.25. It’s still cheap for vodka but this surprisingly stabilized the population in 2015. (Vodka Blamed for High Death Rates in Russia)
Statistically, there are more old women than old men due …show more content…
In 2013, the number of health facilities have decreased from 8,249 to 2,085 hospitals. Most people living in the rural areas have no transportation and will have to walk 20 km from their house to the health facility. Due to finance problems, the health facilities had to be cut down in order to save money. According to Russian Health care, people don’t even worry about having a high mortality rate anymore. No one trains the doctors and the nurses to maintain a good quality of their hospital. Many doctors quit their job because of low salary. Since a lot of doctors left already, the salary should have increased for the remaining doctors however it is still the same. Russia’s hospitals are still not that developed due to their lack of medical supplies and organization. (Russian Health Care Is Dying a Slow Death |
The problem led to gender imbalance, impacting the government in Russia. Therefore, the government decided to make the price of the vodka higher in order for Russian men to decrease the amount of vodka they drink everyday. Before, it cost about $1.32 but now it cost about $3.25. It’s still cheap for vodka but this surprisingly stabilized the population in 2015. (Vodka Blamed for High Death Rates in Russia)
Statistically, there are more old women than old men due …show more content…
In 2013, the number of health facilities have decreased from 8,249 to 2,085 hospitals. Most people living in the rural areas have no transportation and will have to walk 20 km from their house to the health facility. Due to finance problems, the health facilities had to be cut down in order to save money. According to Russian Health care, people don’t even worry about having a high mortality rate anymore. No one trains the doctors and the nurses to maintain a good quality of their hospital. Many doctors quit their job because of low salary. Since a lot of doctors left already, the salary should have increased for the remaining doctors however it is still the same. Russia’s hospitals are still not that developed due to their lack of medical supplies and organization. (Russian Health Care Is Dying a Slow Death |