{"id":5343,"date":"2020-10-02T12:49:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T09:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zdg.md\/en\/?p=5343"},"modified":"2020-10-08T15:57:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T12:57:25","slug":"almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost a Quarter of Moldova&#8217;s Population Has Reached the Age of 60"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-advanced-gutenberg-blocks-intro\"><p class=\"wp-block-advanced-gutenberg-blocks-intro__content\">&nbsp;574,900 people with the age of 60 and over live in Moldova, as of the beginning of 2020. The number represents 21.8% of the population with permanent residence in the country, according to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the total number of older people, about 60% are women, every third person being between 60-64 years old, and 10.9 % are people over 80.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"589\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Varstnicii_2019_1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Varstnicii_2019_1.png 589w, https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Varstnicii_2019_1-360x161.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The people ratio of over the age of 60 is continuously growing. In the last five years, the elderly group of 65-69 years has increased the most &#8211; from 25.8% at the beginning of 2016 to 28.5% at the beginning of 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Differences are also marked in the distribution by sex. The coefficient of aging of the female population at the beginning of 2020 constituted 25.1%, compared to 18.1% for men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The average life expectancy of the population aged 60, between 2015 and 2019, increased by 0.7 years for men, and by 1.0 years for women. Thus, there was an increase in the gap between the average life expectancy at the age of 60 for men and women, from 4.0 years (2015) to 4.3 years (2019). A woman at 60 has to live, on average, 19.5 years, while the average life expectancy of a man at 60 is 15.2 years, according to the 2019 data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The leading causes of mortality of the elderly are diseases of the circulatory system (68.1% of all deaths in this age group), malignant tumors (15.5%), and conditions of the digestive system (6.6%). This trend is observed, especially in men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minimum pension on 01.01.2020 was 93 euros, increasing by 12.1% compared to the previous year, and, compared to the last five years, it increased by 54.6%.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of the total number of older people, about 60% are women, every third person being between 60-64 years old, and 10.9 % are people over 80. The people ratio of over the age of 60 is continuously growing. In the last five years, the elderly group of 65-69 years has increased the most &#8211; from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":5344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,125,6,10,8,5],"tags":[537],"autor":[124],"class_list":["post-5343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-about-moldova","category-economy","category-exclusive","category-news","category-people","category-society","tag-elderlypeople","autor-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Almost a Quarter of Moldova&#039;s Population Has Reached the Age of 60 - Ziarul de Gard\u0103<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Almost a Quarter of Moldova&#039;s Population Has Reached the Age of 60 - Ziarul de Gard\u0103\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Of the total number of older people, about 60% are women, every third person being between 60-64 years old, and 10.9 % are people over 80. The people ratio of over the age of 60 is continuously growing. In the last five years, the elderly group of 65-69 years has increased the most &#8211; from...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ziarul de Gard\u0103\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zdg.md\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-10-02T09:49:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-10-08T12:57:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/violenta-batrani-cotidianul.ro_-1920x1020-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1020\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cristina Carmanu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ZiarulDe\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ZiarulDe\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Cristina Carmanu\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Cristina Carmanu\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d623cbc9e196fec78044598c7c770cc9\"},\"headline\":\"Almost a Quarter of Moldova&#8217;s Population Has Reached the Age of 60\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-02T09:49:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-10-08T12:57:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60\/\"},\"wordCount\":265,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/violenta-batrani-cotidianul.ro_-1920x1020-c-default.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"#elderlypeople\"],\"articleSection\":[\"About Moldova\",\"Economy\",\"Exclusive\",\"News\",\"People\",\"Society\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60\/\",\"name\":\"Almost a Quarter of Moldova's Population Has Reached the Age of 60 - Ziarul de Gard\u0103\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/violenta-batrani-cotidianul.ro_-1920x1020-c-default.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-02T09:49:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-10-08T12:57:25+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/violenta-batrani-cotidianul.ro_-1920x1020-c-default.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/violenta-batrani-cotidianul.ro_-1920x1020-c-default.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1020},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Almost a Quarter of Moldova&#8217;s Population Has Reached the Age of 60\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Ziarul de Gard\u0103\",\"description\":\"The only investigative newspaper in the Republic of Moldova\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ziarul de Gard\u0103\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/logo-footer-1.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/logo-footer-1.svg\",\"width\":124,\"height\":71,\"caption\":\"Ziarul de Gard\u0103\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zdg.md\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZiarulDe\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d623cbc9e196fec78044598c7c770cc9\",\"name\":\"Cristina Carmanu\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d452f3d4bfb8e58e461d22691afcc6e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d452f3d4bfb8e58e461d22691afcc6e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Cristina Carmanu\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/author\/cristina\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Almost a Quarter of Moldova's Population Has Reached the Age of 60 - Ziarul de Gard\u0103","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Almost a Quarter of Moldova's Population Has Reached the Age of 60 - Ziarul de Gard\u0103","og_description":"Of the total number of older people, about 60% are women, every third person being between 60-64 years old, and 10.9 % are people over 80. The people ratio of over the age of 60 is continuously growing. In the last five years, the elderly group of 65-69 years has increased the most &#8211; from...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60\/","og_site_name":"Ziarul de Gard\u0103","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zdg.md","article_published_time":"2020-10-02T09:49:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-10-08T12:57:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1020,"url":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/violenta-batrani-cotidianul.ro_-1920x1020-c-default.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Cristina Carmanu","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ZiarulDe","twitter_site":"@ZiarulDe","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Cristina Carmanu","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60\/"},"author":{"name":"Cristina Carmanu","@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d623cbc9e196fec78044598c7c770cc9"},"headline":"Almost a Quarter of Moldova&#8217;s Population Has Reached the Age of 60","datePublished":"2020-10-02T09:49:00+00:00","dateModified":"2020-10-08T12:57:25+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60\/"},"wordCount":265,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/violenta-batrani-cotidianul.ro_-1920x1020-c-default.jpg","keywords":["#elderlypeople"],"articleSection":["About Moldova","Economy","Exclusive","News","People","Society"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60\/","url":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60\/","name":"Almost a Quarter of Moldova's Population Has Reached the Age of 60 - Ziarul de Gard\u0103","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/violenta-batrani-cotidianul.ro_-1920x1020-c-default.jpg","datePublished":"2020-10-02T09:49:00+00:00","dateModified":"2020-10-08T12:57:25+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/violenta-batrani-cotidianul.ro_-1920x1020-c-default.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/violenta-batrani-cotidianul.ro_-1920x1020-c-default.jpg","width":1920,"height":1020},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/almost-a-quarter-of-moldovas-population-has-reached-the-age-of-60\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Almost a Quarter of Moldova&#8217;s Population Has Reached the Age of 60"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/","name":"Ziarul de Gard\u0103","description":"The only investigative newspaper in the Republic of Moldova","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#organization","name":"Ziarul de Gard\u0103","url":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/logo-footer-1.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/logo-footer-1.svg","width":124,"height":71,"caption":"Ziarul de Gard\u0103"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zdg.md","https:\/\/x.com\/ZiarulDe"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d623cbc9e196fec78044598c7c770cc9","name":"Cristina Carmanu","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d452f3d4bfb8e58e461d22691afcc6e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d452f3d4bfb8e58e461d22691afcc6e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Cristina Carmanu"},"url":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/author\/cristina\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5343"},{"taxonomy":"autor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/autor?post=5343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}