The health of the population is the highest value, therefore, an effectively functioning system of protecting the health of citizens is the most important priority of regional socio demographic policy and national security. The purpose of the study is to consider the most important priority of socio demographic policy — capital management of public health in the regions of the Russian Federation. The relevance of the research topic is due to the fact that currently the conditions of the domestic health care system are extremely complex. Health capital management is a key socio demographic task on a global scale, which ensures well being both from the perspective of current socio economic development, which is measured by the efficiency of the use of human capital, and from the point of view of the long term effect of improving people's lives.

health capital, national priorities, healthcare, socio demographic policy, health saving behavior, life expectancy.