DEMOGRAPHIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE EPIDEMIC: ARKHANGELSK REGION CASE STUDY
The various types of infectious spread diseases the epidemics and pandemics emergence, which leads to the human lives’ loss. The article discusses and summarizes some types of consequences from epidemics using coronavirus infection COVID-19 as the example. The information base of the study was statistical data on the demographic indicators’ state and dynamics in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation regions. The study was conducted by using the statistical analysis methods. The demographic situation in the period from 2000 to 2019 was analyzed, as well as the possible demographic consequences of the COVID-19 epidemic, in comparison with all-Russian data. Based on the analysis of fertility, mortality and migration gain/loss, conclusions were drawn about the decrease in the number of permanent population in the Arctic zone due to such phenomena as low birth rates and negative migration gain. We also analyzed the growth rate of cases and deaths from COVID-19 by months, the proportion of deaths in the cases structure, and it was concluded that an increase in the number of deaths as a result of a new coronavirus infection caused even greater demographic damage to the study areas.