Homicide in Russia and the European Nations of the Former Soviet Union, 1902-2006

The World Health organization has been collecting data on mortality and causes of death (including suicides, homicides, and accidents) since 1950. The data are organized into 4 files, according the International Code of Death codes in use at the time (versions 7, 8, 9, and 10). The data are organized by country, year, gender, and cause of death. The data have been supplemented by data on the European portion of the Russian Empire, 1902-1914, which are from:

Stickley, Andrew (2006) On Interpersonal Violence in Russia in the Present and the Past: A Sociological Study. Ph.D. thesis: Stockholm University.

The data here are for

  • Russian Empire, 1902-1914
  • Former Soviet Union, 1965-199
  • Russian Federation, 1980-2005
  • USSR / Russia, 1965-2005
  • Belarus, 1981-2003
  • Estonia, 1981-2005
  • Georgia, 1981-2004
  • Latvia, 1980-2005
  • Lithuania, 1981-2004
  • Moldava, 1981-2006
  • Ukraine, 1981-2005

The following files are available

Homicide in Russia and the European Nations of the Former Soviet Union, 1902-2006
The World Health organization has been collecting data on mortality and causes of death (including suicides, homicides, and accidents) since 1950. The data are organized into 4 files, according the International Code of Death codes in use at the time (versions 7, 8, 9, and 10). The data are organized by country, year, gender, and cause of death. The data have been supplemented by data on the European portion of the Russian Empire, 1902-1914, which are from:

Stickley, Andrew (2006) On Interpersonal Violence in Russia in the Present and the Past: A Sociological Study. Ph.D. thesis: Stockholm University.

The data here are for

  • Russian Empire, 1902-1914
  • Former Soviet Union, 1965-1990
  • Russian Federation, 1980-2005
  • USSR / Russia, 1965-2005
  • Belarus, 1981-2003
  • Estonia, 1981-2005
  • Georgia, 1981-2004
  • Latvia, 1980-2005
  • Lithuania, 1981-2004
  • Moldava, 1981-2006
  • Ukraine, 1981-2005

The following files are available

  • Homicide Rates in Russia and the European nations of the former Soviet Union [doc]
  • Russia and former USSR [xlsx]
  • Russia and former USSR [csv]

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