FEBRUARY 2022 23 MONTHLY STATISTICAL BULLETIN Negative natural balance worsens in 2021: the number of deaths increased by 1.2% and live births fell by 5.9% Mortality In 2021: • There were 125,147 deaths in Portugal, 1,468 (1.2%) more than in 2020 and 12,856 (11.4%) more than in 2019; • The number of COVID-19 deaths in 2021 was 12,004 (6,972 in 2020), corresponding to 9.6% of total deaths. In January 2022: • The number of deaths was 11,690, i.e., higher than in the previous month (+245 deaths) and 7,981 fewer (-40.6%) than in January 2021; • The number of COVID-19 deaths: » It amounted to 972, representing 8.3%of the total number of deaths; » It increased compared to December 2021 (454 more) and decreased compared to January 2021 (4,813 less). Deaths and year-on-year rate of change, Portugal, January 2019 to January 2022 12 921 10 626 9 991 9 083 8 706 8 175 8 239 8 297 8 060 8 795 9 382 10 016 11 862 9 880 10 430 9 602 9 174 8 409 10 253 8 876 8 841 9 323 9 456 10 601 13 886 9 170 9 102 8 309 8 577 8 139 8 539 8 829 8 352 9 211 10 102 10 927 10 718 187 820 417 155 158 87 153 567 2 033 2 395 5 785 3 594 508 117 49 76 268 388 222 183 296 518 972 -100 -50 0 50 100 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan 2019 2020 2021 2022 % No. Deaths excluding COVID-19 (Left Axis) COVID-19 deaths (Left Axis) Year-on-year change (Right Axis) COVID-19 PANDEMIC
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