Heleniak T
Post Sov Geogr. 1995 Dec;36(10):644-8.
"Since the Russian economy recently has shown sings of stabilization, there now is evidence that demographic trends are beginning to improve somewhat. Although the population declined by 164,200, to 148.1 million at the beginning of 1996, the release of new statistical compendia by the Russian statistical agency (Goskomstat Rosii) in 1995 and early 1996 makes it possible to identify several positive trends.... Life expectancy increased for the first time since 1985. The infant mortality rate declined for the second year in a row. The crude death rate declined for the first time in a decade. The birth rate remained at about the same level for the third consecutive year. The rate of natural increase (births minus deaths), although still negative, recorded a moderate increase."
由于俄罗斯经济最近已显现出稳定迹象，现在有证据表明人口趋势开始有所改善。尽管1996年初人口减少了164,200人，降至1.481亿，但俄罗斯统计机构（俄罗斯国家统计局）在1995年和1996年初发布的新统计汇编使得确定几个积极趋势成为可能……自1985年以来，预期寿命首次增加。婴儿死亡率连续第二年下降。粗死亡率十年来首次下降。出生率连续第三年保持在大致相同的水平。自然增长率（出生人数减去死亡人数）尽管仍为负数，但有适度增长。
