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Kemerovo, Kemerovo, Russian Federation
The paper is devoted to the dynamics of the main demographic indicators of single-industry towns in the Kemerovo region: birth-rate, mortality, natural and migratory growth, life expectancy, and specialized demographic indicators. This analysis provides an idea of the demographic potential of the single-industry towns in Kuzbass, which is the basic index of life standards that defines the competitiveness of the region, the labor force balance, the basis for the development of human capital, as well as provisions for the diversification of mono-town economy within the available workforce. The analysis has made it possible to draw some conclusions about the high correlation between migration and natural population growth with economic indicators, a significant migration outflow from the region in recent years, natural population decline in most urban districts, a general decrease in mortality, and an increase in life expectancy. The rural areas display the highest birth-rate and youngest age of new mothers. The most favorable demographic situation in the Kemerovo region is in the cities of Kemerovo and Novokuznetsk, which cannot be referred to single-industry urban settlements.
demographic potential, quality of life, fertility, mortality, natural increase, region, singleindustry city