Starzenie się ludności w dużych miastach Polski na tle pozostałych ośrodków i obszarów wiejskich

Abstract

The task of the paper is to estimate the rate of aging process in big Polish cities against the background of the other towns and countryside between 1987 and 1996. The analysis include 40 cities with over 100.000 inhabitants during the research.period. In 1987 the cities over 200.000 people (Łódź, Warszawa, Poznań, Katowice, Kraków, Częstochowa) and Chorzów, Kalisz had the highest level of oldest age group. The lower level had Jastrzębie, Tychy, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Koszalin, Płock, Rzeszów, Elbląg and Zielona Góra. In 1996 some new cities (Wrocław, Gdańsk, Szczecin) become demographicaly old. In order to estimate the rate of aging process coefficient of demographic aging process was used as a research tool. The most significant aging process was observed in Tychy, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Wroclaw, Koszalin, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Szczecin, Wałbrzych, Zielona Góra, Sosnowiec, the most negligable process was noticed in Chorzów, Ruda Śląska, Bytom, Katowice, Zabrze, Białystok and Kalisz.