Structural-territorial changes of the demographic situation in the Irkutsk region

The structural and territorial changes of the components of the demographic situation in the Irkutsk region are considered: population dynamics, natural increase (decrease), and age structure for 1994-2004 against 1979-1989. Use is made of the methods of conjugate-cartographic analysis and construction of matrix tables for the transition of the object under study from one state to the other. The study established a high dynamicity of the demographic situation, an enhancement of the influence of complicating factors, the formation of a new vast area of a stressed demographic situation, and significant shifts in territorial structure. The combination of complicating components was used to identify four types of demographic situation, the spatial distribution of which is shown on the map.