DEMOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE POWIATS OF THE MAŁOPOLSKIE VOIVODESHIP

The evolution of the demographic phenomena both in spatial and time terms allows to assess the development of the region. The purpose of the article was an attempt to identify similarities in the selected demographic processes in the powiats of the Małopolskie voivodeship in the years 2002-2011. In the first part of the analysis of the phenomenon the powiats are organized using indicator of demographic development estimated in the first and in the last year of the analysis. For separated four groups of powiats, similar in terms of the analysed indicator, representatives were selected using the method of the centre of gravity, for which shows the process of changes of demographic characteristics such as: birth rate per 1000 population; gross reproduction rate; non-productive age population, per 100 persons of working age; the number of infant deaths per 1000 live births in terms of time.