The publication contains a wide set of information characterizing the living standard of population and the condition of the region economy. There is also included the table presenting the voivodship against the background of the country.  The Yearbook is a statistical representation of Podlasie in 2015, however, taking into account the usefulness of the information for the dynamic comparisons, some data were presented in relation to the years 2000, 2005 as well as 2010 –2014. Compared with the previous edition of the Yearbook, its contents have been enriched with the information on the households projection until 2050, dwellings by type of ownership, perceived health status of population as well as on population at the age of 15 and more by body weight.