MULTIDIMENSIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF REGIONS OF RUSSIA AS OF POPULATION HEALTH

The Russian Federation has a huge territory, it is composed of 85 subjects. Socioeconomic level of the subjects are very different. For these reasons, any actions directed on strengthening of population health, can lead to good results in one region and to negative consequences in other. Using the integrated coefficient of an overall estimate of health is offered. The coefficient of an overall estimate of population health includes five indicators: average life expectancy of men; average life expectancy of women; infant mortality rate; the standardized mortality rate for men; the standardized mortality rate for women. In this article results of calculation of this indicator for all regions of Russia for 1990 and 2015 are presented. On the basis of calculations, the grouping of subjects on health categories of the population is carried out. A multidimensional grouping of Russian regions using the method of cluster analysis. The group held five regions important indicator population health. The analysis was conducted on the basis of statistical data for 2015 in all regions of Russia. The carried-out analysis allowed to consider a state of public health in regions of Russia, to group them on the basis of level of population health, to allocate the most problem zones and to define the main tendencies of development. The article presents the results of cluster analysis in terms of the health status of the population of regions of the Russian Federation for 2015.