Population health is an integral part of society and economic activity. Without a physically and mentally healthy population, the economy loses its ability to develop competitive productivity, which hinders economic growth as a result. The aim of the study is to assess the relationship between indicators of population health and the economy in the regions of the Russian Federation. To conduct the study, the independent variable was determined – per capita gross regional product in the regions of Russia; dependent variables: life expectancy; morbidity index in the region; mortality rate of the working age population for the three-year lag. The information base includes the data of the Federal State Statistics Service. The object of the study is the regions of Russia within the borders of federal districts. Study period: 2000–2022. Over 2000–2022, life expectancy of the population in the regions of the Russian Federation has increased significantly. The leaders in terms of this indicator of health are Moscow, the Republic of Dagestan and the Republic of Ingushetia. Graphically, for the regions of the Russian Federation (the exception is the North Caucasus Federal District), it has been revealed that the indicator “life expectancy” has a direct relation with per capita gross regional product in the regions of the Russian Federation. A positive impact of the “life expectancy” parameter on the economy of a constituent entity was calculated with varying degrees of significance. A significant negative effect of the morbidity index in the region was revealed for the constituent entities of the Central, Southern, Volga and Siberian federal districts. A negative impact of the mortality rate of the working age population for the three-year lag was obtained for the Central, North Caucasus and Volga federal districts. The conducted study supplements the existing works that use theoretical, empirical and analytical approaches to considering the relationship between health and economic development
Keywords
region, economic growth, gross regional product, population health, life expectancy, morbidity index, mortality rate of the working age population, quality of life