[Demographic aspects of population aging in Saint-Petersburg at the end of XX-the beginning of XXI century. Part I. Conventional aging measures].

The paper represents the first part of the series of two articles on demographic aspects of population aging in Saint-Petersburg in 1990-2010 compared to the situation in the Russian Federation as a whole. In the first part, the situation with the population aging in Saint-Petersburg and Russia is considered based on traditional aging measures - the proportion of elderly in the total population, aging index, old age dependency rate and the parents support ratio. In the second part, a number of prospective aging indicators that take account of remaining life expectancy, will be studied.

[Regional differentiation of ageing characteristics in Russia].

Regional differences in ageing characteristics in Russia have been studied. A number of ageing characteristics (e.g.