I thought that was part of the fun of living in Russia, no?
--- I like vodka, not 30-ruble stuff contaminated with ethanol! ---
> Mortality rates are high for men, not women. Female life
> expectancy is 72, male 58.
--- Just that male mortality is high and female relatively low because Russian men drink and smoke heavily and women do not. Male life expectancy has drooped 10 years since 1991. Female has barely budged. You see lots of elderly women, very few elderly men.