Male mortality rates in urban unoccupied areas of Russia during WWII 1941-1944 by age
Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, was one of the largest and most destructive invasions in history. The crude death rate of Soviet Russia increased significantly across all age groups in this time, although the distribution of deaths varied by age group. Infants and children made up the largest share of male deaths in unoccupied, urban regions, with 44 percent of all male deaths taking place among those aged below five years old. However, the disproportionate impact of the conflict on male death rates meant that the distribution of male deaths among young boys was lower than that of young girls, as the share of deaths in adult populations was generally higher among men.