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2022/04/01 10:53:15

Birth and mortality rates in the Czech Republic

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Main article: Czech Republic

2023: Life expectancy - 79.8 years

Life expectancy in European countries in 2023

2022: Excess mortality due to COVID-19 - 15.5%

Data for 2020-2022

2021: Highest death rate recorded since World War II

In 2021, 139,600 people died in the Czech Republic. This is the largest number of deaths in the entire post-war history of the country, and more than 10 thousand more deaths than in the first year of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in 2020. Such official figures were published in March 2022.

According to the Czech Statistical Office, after a 15% increase in the number of deaths in 2020, in 2021 the number of deaths in the Czech Republic increased by another 8% on an annualized basis. The largest number of deaths was recorded in the first quarter of 2021. The monthly number of deaths peaked in March (16,800), the second highest was January (16,200) and the third highest was February (13,800). In these months, 39-63% more people died than the average over the past five years before the COVID-19 pandemic (2015-2019). However, the death toll at the end of 2021 was also well above average in November (12,700, 43% above average) and December (13,700, 42% above average).

В Чехии зафиксирован самый высокий уровень смертности со времен World War II. In 2021, 139,600 people died.

Despite these indicators, according to the results of the 2021 census and the subsequent ratio, the population of the Czech Republic at the beginning of 2021 amounted to 10.494 million people, and at the end of the same year it was 10.516 million; the total increase reached 21.9 thousand people. The population growth during 2021 occurred only due to the positive balance of international migration, which amounted to about 50 thousand people, which is 23 thousand more compared to 2020 and is the highest figure since 2009. A total of 69.2 thousand people immigrated to the Czech Republic (13.5 thousand more compared to 2020) and, conversely, the number of emigrants amounted to 19.2 thousand people (9.5 thousand less compared to 2020).[1]

2020: 14.5% increase in deaths, to 129,100

In mid-February 2021, the Czech Statistical Service published a report that showed the number of deaths in the Czech Republic increased by 15% year-on-year in 2020. This is the highest annual increase in mortality since 1945, when this figure increased by about 14.5%. In 2020, 129,100 citizens died in the republic, which is 1.2% of the population with a total of 10.71 million people.

According to the statistical department, in the Czech Republic in 2020, an average of 2,477 residents died every week. For comparison, in 2019, an average of 2,155 deaths were recorded weekly in the country. The increased mortality affected primarily people aged 75 to 84 years, and to a greater extent men than women. The Zlin, Karlovy Vary and Olomouc regions have the highest average annual increase in the number of deaths, while Prague and Pilsen are the least affected.

In the Czech Republic, 1.2% of the population died in 2020

According to the statistical office, the number of deaths almost did not increase until September 2020, but at the end of the year there was a sharp increase in mortality due to the second wave of the pandemic and complications. coronavirus infections Europe The Czech Republic has been one of the worst-hit countries, with November (15,700 deaths), October (14,200) and December (14,000) the deadliest months in 2020. In total, 1,045,132 people were infected with coronavirus in the country during the pandemic, and the number of deaths of citizens with a confirmed diagnosis of coronavirus was 17,497.

CZSO analyst Terezie Styglerova noted that life expectancy in the Czech Republic in 2020 decreased for both men and women, and began to correspond to the situation in 2013, "throwing the country back seven years."[2]

2019: Average age of women at birth of first child is 29 years or older

EU Country Data - 2019 US Data - 2013

2018

Number of drug deaths per million residents

Number of deaths from drug use between the ages of 15 and 64 per million inhabitants, 2018

Number of road deaths per 100,000 vehicles

The number of deaths on the roads per 100 thousand vehicles. Data for 2018

2016: Number of deaths from opioid use disorders

Number of deaths from opioid use disorders per 100,000 people (2016)

2013: 12.5 suicides per 100,000 residents

The annual number of suicides per 100 thousand inhabitants in Europe. Data for Russia for 2013

2012: Male-female suicide ratio

How many times more likely are men to commit suicide than women in Europe, 2012

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