A mathematical demographer who made mortality and life expectancy legible
His calculation that male life expectancy rose by 3.2 years to 65 in 1987 translated the policy debate into the language of mortality.
Evgeny Andreev is a demographer who combined mathematical rigor with practical statistical work to study mortality in Russia and the Soviet Union. His decomposition method made it possible to trace changes in life expectancy by age and cause of death, while his calculation of a 3.2-year rise in male life expectancy to 65 by 1987 became a key measure of the health outcome associated with the anti-alcohol campaign. His research on alcohol-related mortality placed policy effects within longer statistical and methodological contexts rather than reducing them to a simple political narrative.
Career Timeline
- 1967Graduated in mathematics, Moscow State University
- 1970Received a PhD in physical and mathematical sciences, Moscow State University
- 1970–1975Senior researcher, Demography Division, USSR statistical institute
- 1975–2000Head of the population-information laboratory in the state statistical research system
- 2000–2005Head of the Mortality Analysis and Forecasting Laboratory, Institute of National Economic Forecasting, Russian Academy of Sciences
- 2005–2011Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
- 2017–현재Head of the International Laboratory for Population and Health, HSE University