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»326710.69541/NRIPH.2026.03.004Original ArticlePreventable Mortality in Municipalities of the Amur RegionPolyanskayaElena Viktorovnapolanska2011@yandex.ruFederal State Budgetary Scientific Institution «Far Eastern Scientific Center of Physiology and Pathology of Respiration», Blagoveshchensk, Russian Federation021020263293307102026Copyright © 2026,2026Annotation. The scale and structure of preventable mortality among the working-age population in 28 municipalities of the Amur Region for 2016—2019 were assessed. While preventable mortality among men decreased by 10,6%, this indicator among women increased by 9,0%, primarily due to behavioral risks (group 1 of causes). The municipalities with the highest and lowest preventable mortality rates among the working-age population were identified.preventable mortality, working-age population, gender differences, municipalities.предотвратимая смертность, трудоспособное население, гендерные различия, муниципальные образования.1.Ivanova A. A., Potapov A. F., Burtseva T. E., Klimova E. M. Preventable causes in the mortality structure of the population of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) and its Arctic zone. Yakut Medical Journal. [Yakutskij medicinskij zhurnal]. 2025;90(2):80—85 (in Russian). DOI: 10.25789/YMJ.2025.90.172.Ivanova A. E., Semenova V. G., Sabgaida T. P. Reserves for mortality reduction in Russia due to the effectiveness of healthcare. Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences. [Vestnik Rossijskoj akademii nauk]. 2021;91(9):865—878 (in Russian). DOI: 10.31857/S086958732109005X3.Liang, J., Dai, L., Zhu, J. et al. Preventable maternal mortality: Geographic/rural-urban differences and associated factors from the population-based maternal mortality surveillance system in China. BMC Public Health. 2011;11(243). DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-2434.Polyanskaya E. V. Preventable mortality reserves of the working-age population in the Amur region. Social aspects of population health. [Social`ny`e aspekty` zdorov`ya naseleniya]. 2025;71(1) (in Russian). DOI: 10.21045/2071-5021-2025-71-1-95.European community atlas of «Avoidable Deaths». Oxford: Oxford University Press; 1991.6.Ivanova A. E. Preventable Mortality in Russia. Moscow: TsNIIOIZ; 2006 (in Russian).7.Sabgaida T. P. Age-Specific Features of Preventable Mortality in Russia. Social aspects of population health. [Social`ny`e aspekty` zdorov`ya naseleniya]. 2013;5(33) (in Russian).8.Vishnevsky A. G. Mortality in Russia: the Second Epidemiological Revolution That Failed. Demographic Review. [Demograficheskoe obozrenie]. 2015;1(4):5—40 (in Russian). DOI: 10.17323/demreview.v1i4.18019.Vishnevsky A. G. Mortality from external causes in Russia since the mid-20th century. Moscow: Publishing House of the Higher School of Economics; 2017 (in Russian).