CAUSES AND MORTALITY INDICATORS OF CHILD POPULATION IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS OF THE REPUBLIC SAKHA (YAKUTIA)

The issue of medical aid improvement in the remote areas is a lot discussed at circumpolar Union meetings. It is clear that healthcare of the Arctic regions populations depends on the welfare of the country. However, we should notice that there are certain improvements in this field in the Republic Sakha (Yakutia). That is why it is actual to evaluate the mortality rate of the child population in the Arctic regions when huge government financed programs concerning maternity and childhood welfare are being held in the Republic Sakha (Yakutia). The article represents the official data of mortality rate in the child population of the five Arctic regions of the Republic Sakha (Yakutia) for the period of 2006-2018. For further detailed analysis of the child mortality a special database of the state institution "Yakut Republican medical information and analytical center of the Ministry of healthcare of the Republic Sakha (Yakutia)" was used. The database included all cases of mortality from 0 to 18 years of age for the period of 2006-2015, indicating the age, gender, nationality and causes of the death. The analysis of the mortality rate in the Arctic regions of the Republic Sakha (Yakutia) has revealed significant decrease of infant mortality from 29.8% to 4.2%, decrease of child mortality rate from 6.3% to 2.3%. On a whole, a decrease to the minimum level of the mortality rate in the child population of the Republic Sakha (Yakutia) can be constituted.