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The health crisis has disastrous effects on the demographic evolution in Romania, the latest statistics show an increase in the number of deaths between April and September 2020 compared to the similar period of the previous year. A worrying phenomenon is the increase in the number of deaths of children under one year of age. At the same time, the number of children born decreased in 2020 every month compared to the previous year.
In September 2020, the number of registered births increased compared to September 2019 and compared to the previous month. Compared to a year ago, compared to September 2019, in September 2020 the number of deaths and the number of deaths of children under one year recorded increased. At the same time, the number of registered marriages decreased, according to INS.
September 2020 compared to August 2020
In September 2020, 18,036 children were born, 1,232 more than in August 2020.
There were 21,973 deaths, 1,196 fewer than in August 2020. The number of deaths of children under 1 year, registered in September 2020, was 104 children, a figure 16 more than the previous month.
The comparison with the previous month is affected by the fact that the statistical records of demographic phenomena record a gap from one month to another, due to the fact that there are demographic phenomena that occurred in the last 4-5 days of the current month. Likewise, the phenomenon of mortality registers a seasonal evolution, being more accentuated in the winter months and registering the lowest values in July, August and September, affirms the INS.
In September 2020, nearly two-thirds of the total number of deaths occurred in people aged 70 years or older. Thus, 9,039 deaths were registered, representing 41.1% of the total, in the age groups of 80 years and over.
Naturally, on the other hand, the lowest number of deaths was recorded in the age groups of 5 to 19 years (64 deaths), 20 to 29 years (104 deaths) and 0-4 years (131 deaths).
In September 2020, 12,471 marriages were celebrated, 2,458 fewer than in August 2020.
Instead, the number of divorces has increased pronounced by court decisions, reaching 2,371 in September 2020, 418 more than in August 2020.
September 2020 compared to September 2019
In September 2020, 1,749 more children were born than in the same month of 2019.
The number of people who died in September 2020 was 2,991 higher than in September 2019.
Negative natural increase increased in September 2020 compared to September 2019 (-3937 people in September 2020, compared to -2695 people in September 2019).
The number of children under one year of age who died was 13 times higher in September 2020 than that registered in September 2019.
About marriages, in September 2020, were 3,099 fewer than those registered in the same month of the previous year. At the same time, they ruled with 95 fewer divorces than in September 2019.
„The effects of the health crisis on demographic phenomena are visible, in the case of deaths, particularly in April, June, July, August and September 2020, when there have been increases compared to April, June, July, August and September 2019, in marriages that, since March, have been recorded decreases in the number of events compared to the corresponding month of 2019. The number of births decreased each month compared to the same period last year., except in the months of August and September in which a greater number of live births were registered than the previous year ”, according to the INS.
Publisher: Georgiana Marina
