SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 23-Nov-2021

November . 23 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 4/11 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt • The Total Fertility Rate was 1.40 children per woman and the general fertility rate was 37.21 live births per thousand women of childbearing age (15 to 49 years old); • The average age of women at the birth of a child (regardless of birth order) was 31.6 years (31.4 years in 2019), while the average age at the birth of the first child rose to 30.2 years (29.9 years in 2019); Mean age of women at childbirth and first childbirth (years), Portugal, 2015-2020 29.5 29.6 29.6 29.8 29.9 30.2 30.9 31.1 31.2 31.4 31.4 31.6 28 29 30 31 32 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Years Mean age of women at first childbirth Mean age of women at childbirth • 123,358 deaths were recorded (+10.3% compared to 2019), of which 43.1% occurred in ages 85 and over (42.2% in 2019); • In women, more than half (53.9%) of deaths occurred at age 85 or older (53.1% in 2019), while most deaths in men occurred at ages under 85 (67.9% in 2020). • There were 205 infant deaths, 41 fewer than in 2019. The infant mortality rate decreased to 2.4 deaths per 1,000 live births (2.8‰ in 2019); Deaths (No.) and crude death rate (‰), Portugal, 2015-2020 108,539 110,573 109,758 113,051 111,793 123,358 10.5 10.7 10.7 11 10.9 12 8 8.5 9 9.5 10 10.5 11 11.5 12 100,000 105,000 110,000 115,000 120,000 125,000 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 ‰ No. Deaths – le� axis Crude death rate – right axis Infant deaths (No.) and infant mortality rate (‰), Portugal, 2015-2020 250 282 229 287 246 205 2.9 3.2 2.7 3.3 2.8 2.4 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 ‰ No. Infant deaths – le� axis Infant mortality rate – right axis