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In the course of
roughly the next 15 years, however, Russia made huge strides and succeeded
in closing much of the gap. By 1965, life expectancy for males was 64.3,
67.5 and 66.8 for Russia, France and the United States respectively, and
73.4, 74.7 and 73.7 in the case of females. However this progress was not
maintained in later years. The factors behind these developments will be
outlined below. Shkolnikov, V., Mesle, F. and Vallin J. “Health crisis in
Russia: Recent trends in life expectancy and causes of death from 1970 to
1993” (Parts I and II), Population: An English Selection, Vol. 8,
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