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ARMENIAN POPULATION AT THE EDGE OF AGEING, EXPERT SAYS
/ARKA/
APRIL 10, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, April 10. /ARKA/. The population of Armenia is at the edge of
ageing as the elderly population of Armenia has increased by 4% to 9.8
% over the last 20 years, said Karine Kuyumjyan, Department of Census
and Demography Head at the National Statistical Service of Armenia.
"CIS population, where elderly people make up 11.5%, is ageing,
and that of Western Europe- demographically old ( 13.8%)," she said
Tuesday at the press conference dedicated to the World Health Day.
Since 1990 the mortality rate amid elderly people over 60 years old
in Armenia climbed by 10.5 ppm to 49.3 ppm as of 2010, she said.
She also added 50% of deaths in Armenia are caused by circulatory
system diseases.
And mortality cases among people aged 0-15 and 16-59 reported tumble
within the reported period in Armenia, she noted.
"Mortality rate for age group "0-15" has reduced from 1.9 people
to 1.1 per 1000 in 2010 in 1990, and from 2,9 to 2,6 individuals in
"16-59" group,"she clarified.
In her turn, Anahit Gevorgyan, Chief Deputy of the Department of the
Disabled and Elderly at the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, said
the elderly population of Armenia is accounted to nearly 375,000.
/ARKA/
APRIL 10, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, April 10. /ARKA/. The population of Armenia is at the edge of
ageing as the elderly population of Armenia has increased by 4% to 9.8
% over the last 20 years, said Karine Kuyumjyan, Department of Census
and Demography Head at the National Statistical Service of Armenia.
"CIS population, where elderly people make up 11.5%, is ageing,
and that of Western Europe- demographically old ( 13.8%)," she said
Tuesday at the press conference dedicated to the World Health Day.
Since 1990 the mortality rate amid elderly people over 60 years old
in Armenia climbed by 10.5 ppm to 49.3 ppm as of 2010, she said.
She also added 50% of deaths in Armenia are caused by circulatory
system diseases.
And mortality cases among people aged 0-15 and 16-59 reported tumble
within the reported period in Armenia, she noted.
"Mortality rate for age group "0-15" has reduced from 1.9 people
to 1.1 per 1000 in 2010 in 1990, and from 2,9 to 2,6 individuals in
"16-59" group,"she clarified.
In her turn, Anahit Gevorgyan, Chief Deputy of the Department of the
Disabled and Elderly at the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, said
the elderly population of Armenia is accounted to nearly 375,000.