Turkey’s ‘Oldest’ Cities Announced

Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), “Seniors with StatisticsHe published the results of his study named “. As the name suggests, this study on our elders revealed some striking results.getting old“. Because the ratio of elderly citizens to the total population has started to rise. The average age of the country is at 33.1 has been recorded.

When we look at the ratio of the elderly population in the total population 9.7 percent We encounter the result. This rate was recorded as 8.3 percent in the study conducted in 2016. According to the latest research by TURKSTAT, the number of citizens aged 65 and over as of the end of 2021, 8 million 245 thousand 124 as determined. 44.3 percent of the elderly population is men and 55.7 percent is women.

Weight in the 65-74 age range

According to the results of the Elderly with Statistics study, the age group of the weight among the elderly population 65-74 range. The rate of those who are in this range is 64.7 percent. While the rate of those in the 75-84 age group is 27.3 percent, the proportion of citizens aged 85 and over is 8 percent specified.

Sinop, the province with the highest proportion of elderly population

The data announced by TURKSTAT also revealed the distribution of the elderly population by city. Accordingly, the provinces with the highest proportion of elderly population in Turkey are as follows;

• with 20.1 percent Sinop
• with 19.2 percent Kastamonu
• With 17.8 percent Artvin.

The ranking of the provinces with the lowest ratio of the elderly population to the urban population is as follows;

• with 3.5 percent Sirnak
• with 3.9 percent Hakkari
• with 4 percent Sanliurfa.

In the study, the education and marital status of the elderly population were also examined. According to the results based on 2020 data, in the elderly population The rate of illiterate people is 15.6 percent was detected. The rate of illiterate women was 24.2%, while the rate of men was 4.7 percent. On the other hand, the elderly population 83.7% of them are legally married conclusion has been reached. The rate of the elderly who have never been married is 1.3 percent. 11.4% of our elderly population has lost their spouse.

Pointing to the results of the Household Information Technologies Usage Survey, TURKSTAT states that 32.5 percent of the citizens aged 65-74actively using the internet explained. Accordingly, 40 percent of men and 25.9 percent of women in the elderly category actively use the internet. Let me point out that the remarkable thing here is the change over the years. In the research conducted in 2016, citizens in the same group only 8.8 percent were using the internet…