SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 19 Oct-2021

October . 19 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 7/10 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt Mortality, live births, and marriages Mortality decreased compared to September 2020, but the number of COVID-19 deaths increased Mortality In September 2021, the number of deaths was 8,541, representing reductions of 655 deaths from the previous month and 453 deaths from September 2020. The number of COVID-19 deaths decreased to 222 (-166 compared to August 2021), representing 2.6% of total deaths. Compared with September 2020, there was an increase of 69 COVID-19 deaths. Deaths and year-on-year rate of change, Portugal, January 2019 to September 2021 Live births and year-on-year rate of change, Portugal, January 2019 to August 2021 Live births In August 2021, 6,963 live births were registered, corresponding to a decrease of 3.5% compared to the same month in 2020. Despite the downward trend in the birth rate since July 2020, August registered the smallest decrease since January 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 13 886 9 169 9 100 8 309 8 575 8 137 8 535 8 808 8 319 187 820 417 155 158 87 153 567 2 033 2 395 5 785 3 594 508 117 49 76 268 388 222 -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 2019 2020 2021 % No. Deaths excluding COVID-19 (Le� Axis) COVID-19 deaths (Le� Axis) Year-on-year change (Right Axis) 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 5 941 5 695 6 616 6 254 6 733 6 439 6 818 6 963 -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 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 2019 2020 2021 % No. Live-births (Le� Axis) Year-on-year change (Right Axis) COVID-19 PANDEMIC