Table 2.

 Regions categorised by change in male life expectancy at birth, Russia, 1990-4

Fourths	Regions
1 (smallest decrease)	Astrakhan, Belgorod, Chuvashia, Kalmykia, Krasnodar, Kursk, Modovia, Penza, Stavropol, Tambov, Tatarstan, Ulyanovsk, Voronezh
2	Basjkorstan Bryansk Kaluga, Kirov, Kostroma, Kurgan, Lipetsk, Marij El, Rostov, Volgograd, Orel, Samara, Saratov
3	Chelyabinsk, Ivanovo, Kaliningrad, Nizhniy Novgorod, Novgorod, Orenburg, Ryazan, Smolensk, Sverdlovsk, Vladimir, Vologda, Yaroslav
4 (largest decrease)	Archangelsk, Karelia, Komi, Leningrad, Moscow City, Moscow, Murmansk, Perm, Pskov, St Petersburg City, Tula, Tver, Udmurtia