<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <text> <s id="1"> <w id="w1.1">I</w> <w id="w1.2">am</w> <w id="w1.3">pleased</w> <w id="w1.4">to</w> <w id="w1.5">present</w> <w id="w1.6">you</w> <w id="w1.7">with</w> <w id="w1.8">the</w> <w id="w1.9">seventy-fifth</w> <w id="w1.10">edition</w> <w id="w1.11">of</w> <w id="w1.12">the</w> <w id="w1.13">Statistical</w> <w id="w1.14">Yearbook</w> <w id="w1.15">which</w> <w id="w1.16">contains</w> <w id="w1.17">statistical</w> <w id="w1.18">information</w> <w id="w1.19">describing</w> <w id="w1.20">the</w> <w id="w1.21">living</w> <w id="w1.22">standards</w> <w id="w1.23">of</w> <w id="w1.24">the</w> <w id="w1.25">society</w> <w id="w1.26">and</w> <w id="w1.27">the</w> <w id="w1.28">condition</w> <w id="w1.29">of</w> <w id="w1.30">the</w> <w id="w1.31">Polish</w> <w id="w1.32">economy</w> <w id="w1.33">,</w> <w id="w1.34">including</w> <w id="w1.35">major</w> <w id="w1.36">regional</w> <w id="w1.37">differences</w> <w id="w1.38">.</w> </s> <s id="2"> <w id="w2.1">The</w> <w id="w2.2">publication</w> <w id="w2.3">also</w> <w id="w2.4">comprises</w> <w id="w2.5">a</w> <w id="w2.6">broad</w> <w id="w2.7">set</w> <w id="w2.8">of</w> <w id="w2.9">data</w> <w id="w2.10">concerning</w> <w id="w2.11">international</w> <w id="w2.12">comparisons</w> <w id="w2.13">making</w> <w id="w2.14">it</w> <w id="w2.15">possible</w> <w id="w2.16">to</w> <w id="w2.17">define</w> <w id="w2.18">Poland</w> <w id="w2.19">'s</w> <w id="w2.20">position</w> <w id="w2.21">in</w> <w id="w2.22">Europe</w> <w id="w2.23">and</w> <w id="w2.24">in</w> <w id="w2.25">the</w> <w id="w2.26">world</w> <w id="w2.27">.</w> </s> <s id="3"> <w id="w3.1">Maintaining</w> <w id="w3.2">thematic</w> <w id="w3.3">and</w> <w id="w3.4">section</w> <w id="w3.5">layout</w> <w id="w3.6">,</w> <w id="w3.7">in</w> <w id="w3.8">the</w> <w id="w3.9">content</w> <w id="w3.10">of</w> <w id="w3.11">the</w> <w id="w3.12">Yearbook</w> <w id="w3.13">there</w> <w id="w3.14">were</w> <w id="w3.15">introduced</w> <w id="w3.16">changes</w> <w id="w3.17">and</w> <w id="w3.18">additions</w> <w id="w3.19">concerning</w> <w id="w3.20">among</w> <w id="w3.21">others</w> <w id="w3.22">:</w> <w id="w3.23">•</w> <w id="w3.24">number</w> <w id="w3.25">of</w> <w id="w3.26">resident</w>