SEPTEMBER 2022 25 MONTHLY STATISTICAL BULLETIN In August, mortality returned to 2021 values Mortality In August 2022: • 9,257 deaths were recorded, which is lower than in the previous month (-1,462 deaths; -13.6%) and close to that observed in August 2021 (+39 deaths; +0.4%); Deaths and year-on-year rate of change, Portugal, January 2019 to August 2022 Live births In July 2022, 7,150 live births were recorded, an increase of 2.0% compared to July 2021 (7,009). However, the total number of live births recorded in the first seven months of 2022 (45,835) was higher than in the same period in 2021 (45,059), representing a further 776 live births (+1.7%). Live births and year-on-year rate of change, Portugal, January 2019 to July 2022 • The number of deaths due to COVID-19: » It was 227, which represents 2.5% of total mortality; » It recorded decreases compared to the previous month (-233 deaths) and vis-à-vis August 2021 (-155). From January to August 2022, 83,971 deaths were recorded, 1,366 fewer than in the same period of 2021 (-1.6%). 9,030 227 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 -15,000 -10,000 -5,000 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 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 2019 2020 2021 2022 % No. Deaths excluding COVID-19 (Le� Axis) COVID-19 deaths (Le� Axis) Year-on-year change (Right Axis) COVID-19 PANDEMIC COVID-19 PANDEMIC 7,150 - 0.6% -40 -20 0 20 40 -10,000 -5,000 0 5,000 10,000 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 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul 2019 2020 2021 2022 % No. Live-births (Le� Axis) Year-on-year change (Right Axis)
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