Medical-demographic situation in Tomsk population (21-year follow-up)

The article presents the analysis of medical-demographic situation in Tomsk, typical city of West Siberia, for 21 years. The study demonstrated demographic disadvantages characterized by the development of regressive type of population; loss of population growth potential; population aging; the low life expectancy that had not reached its initial rate of 69.1 years to 2010 when it was only 68.3 years; unprecedented 12.1 year gap between the lifespans of men and women older than 45 years. At the same time, drastic decline in the population older than 45 years confirmed the necessity of prevention of premature death not only at the individual and group levels, but, most important, at the population level.