The healthiest regions of the Russian Federation are the Leningrad Region, Chechnya and Dagestan. A healthy lifestyle is popular there, and the consumption of alcohol and tobacco is low, which ensures a long life expectancy. This was reported in the Higher School of Economics.

Experts have confirmed that the absence of bad habits and a healthy lifestyle prolong life. In particular, residents of the Caucasus republics, Moscow and St. Petersburg live an average of 76-78 years, while in Chukotka, Tuva, Transbaikalia, the Amur Region and the Jewish Autonomous Region, life expectancy is 67-68 years. At the same time, in the North Caucasus they consume less than 3 liters of alcohol per year, and in the same Chukotka - more than 12 liters.

In terms of popularity of sports, the northern and southern regions are leading at the same time: the Murmansk region, Chechnya and Dagestan, Sakhalin, Chukotka (25-45% of the population).