ANALYSIS OF MEDICAL-DEMOGRAPHIC ASPECTS OF AGING IN TOMSK REGION POPULATION, A POTENTIAL CONSUMER OF PHARMACEUTICAL CARE

Abstract

The article presents the analysis of the main demographic trends in the Tomsk region based on official statistics data. The analysis showed that the demographic status of the Tomsk Region was characterized by a positive dynamics with an increase in the population size and a simultaneous decrease in the overall mortality rate by 7.1% in the last analyzed year compared with baseline. During period of 2010–2014, we observed continuous increases in the coefficients of demographic loading by 3.9% on average across the Siberian Federal District and by 3.3% across the Russian Federation and the Tomsk Region. The study showed an increasing proportion of persons aged 60 years and older in the general population and an increase in the aging index. Due to progressive aging of population in the Tomsk region, Siberian Federal District and in the entire Russian Federation, every year thereafter will require urgent measures aimed at improvement and optimization of pharmaceutical care for geriatric patients with cardiovascular diseases usually requiring lifelong administration of drugs. As a result, it will cause an inevitable increase in the financial investments in the treatments of cardiovascular disease, a main cause of mortality in the country.