Bulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public HealthBulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health2415-84102415-8429FSSBI «N.A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health»2405Научная статьяRUSSIA POPULATION HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFEMaximovaT. M-BelovV. B-LushkinaN. P-National Research Institute for Public Health15122015610011014042022Copyright © 2015,2015А clear need for studies of various populations based on health assessments is due to nowadays spread of the quality of life concept in multiple fields related to health of population. The validity of subjective methods of measuring well-being may be estimated by a variety of respondent’s characteristics received at sociological survey. At present the relation between life satisfaction and subjective criteria for evaluating health has been proven. Objective: To analyze the subjective evaluations of health, wellbeing and quality of life of respondents different groups with the help of a number of characteristics associated with them. Methods of work: Materials of «Study on Global Agein and Adult Health 2007-2010» Wave 1 (SAGE), conducted under the leadership of WHO in Russia in 2007-2010 years. (about 4,400 people) were analyzed, using a common methodology, developed by WHO. The data were processed using the package of applied statistical programs SPSS. The results: The main part of respondents (about 60-67%), both urban and the rural, men as well as women report their quality of life to be average (satisfactory). Among the urban population has a slightly higher percentage of men and women that rated their quality of life as well, and also, the proportion of those who are dissatisfied with their lives and to rate the quality as poor or very poor is almost the same. As in many other cases self-estimates of women are slightly worse than those of men: the proportion of females with quality of life good grades is lower, and the proportion of poor and very poor ones is higher. Patients with various diseases show a lower share of life satisfaction compared to the general population. This proportion is especially high among patients with stroke, where one of three women and a quarter of men report dissatisfaction with the quality of their lives; with depression - 26.8% among men and 28.8% among women; with other diseases - 13-17%. Thus, presence of any disease lowers patient’s quality of life. But a significant proportion of those who are suffering from any disease, are however, satisfied with their lives, apparently acquiring medicines necessary for compensation of diseases and symptoms. The results showed that one of the most important quality of life aspects is maintaining health and well-being. Conclusions: The main parameters of quality of life assessment depend on age. Integral characteristics of physical, psychological, emotional and social status of various groups should be given while carrying out regular monitoring subjective perception of quality of life. Application of the results: Data presented can be use for decisionmaking by bodies of economic management, health and social care.health self-estimatequality of lifelife satisfactionсамооценка здоровьякачество жизниудовлетворенность жизнью1.WHOQOL GROUP (1995) The World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment (WHOQOL): position paper from the World Health Organization. Social scence and medicine. 41: 1403-1409.2.Nosikov A., Gudex C. EUROHIS: developing common instruments for health surveys. World health organization, 2003.3.Maximova T.M., Belov V.B., Lushkina N.P., Karpova V.M. Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE), Wave 1. Russian Federation. National Report. World Health Organization, 2014.