SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 18 May-2021

May . 18 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 20/23 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt Birth rate at its lowest level ever recorded In January 2021, 19,634 deaths were registered in Portugal, the highest monthly value since the beginning of the pandemic, which corresponds to 7,772 more deaths (65.5%) than in January 2020. Of these, 5,785 were deaths attributed to COVID-19 (29.5% of the mortality this month). In February, the number of deaths, although lower (12,716), was still higher than the same period in 2020 (+28.7%). In this month, the number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 was 3,594, the second-highest after January, corresponding to 28.3% of all deaths. The number of deaths continued to decrease in March and April 2021, to 9,598 and 8,386 respectively, which are below the figures recorded in the same months of 2020. The number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 was 508 and 117, respectively, corresponding to 5.3% and 1.4% of total deaths, in the same order. Deaths and year-on-year rate of change, Portugal, January 2019 to April 2021 In January and February 2021, 5,912 and 5,651 children were born alive, respectively, 1,415 (-19.3%) and 708 (-11.1%) less than in the same months of 2020. These months saw the lowest monthly birth rates ever recorded since records began at Statistics Portugal (1911). Live births and year-on-year rate of change, Portugal, January 2019 to February 2021 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 13 849 9 122 9 090 8 269 187 820 417 155 158 87 153 567 2 033 2 395 5 785 3 594 508 117 -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 2019 2020 2021 % No. COVID-19 PANDEMIC Deaths excluding COVID-19 (Le � Axis) Deaths COVID-19 (Le � Axis) Year-on-year change (Right Axis) No. COVID-19 PANDEMIC 7 298 6 437 6 971 6 820 7 238 6 809 7 647 7 665 8 055 7 863 7 259 6 964 7 327 6 359 7 164 6 954 7 240 6 822 7 438 7 218 7 662 7 377 6 843 6 287 5 912 5 651 -40 -20 0 20 40 0 2 500 5 000 7 500 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 2019 2020 2021 % Live-births (Le � Axis) Year-on-year change (Right Axis)