SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 21JUL 2021

July . 21 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 9/12 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt Mortality, live births and marriages Mortality and live births below the values observed in 2020 Mortality continues to decrease In June 2021: • The number of deaths was 8,116 (493 fewer than those recorded in May), maintaining the downward trend in the number of deaths compared to the same period in 2020: -5,2% (-448); • The number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 was 76, standing for 0.9% of all deaths. Deaths and year-on-year rate of change, Portugal, January 2019 to June 2021 Live births and year-on-year rate of change, Portugal, January 2019 to May 2021 Live births kept values below those recorded in 2020 In April and May 2021: • There were 6,212 and 6,629 live births respectively, corresponding to decreases of 10.7% (-742) and 8.4% (-611) compared to the same months of 2020. The downward trend in the birth rate since July 2020 continued; • The natural balance was -2,217 and -1,972, respectively, which compares with the balances of -3,487 and -2,361 registered in the same months of 2020. 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 5 931 5 692 6 597 6 212 6 629 -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 2019 2020 2021 % No. Live-births (Le� Axis) Year-on-year rate of change (Right Axis) 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 13 857 9 125 9 099 8 306 8 560 8 040 187 820 417 155 158 87 153 567 2 033 2 395 5 785 3 594 508 117 49 76 -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 2019 2020 2021 % No. Deaths excluding COVID-19 (Le� Axis) COVID-19 deaths (Le� Axis) Year-on-year rate of change (Right Axis) COVID-19 PANDEMIC